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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mersiha Gadzo

Legislating ‘apartheid’: Critics slam Bosnia’s election law plan

Local media reported earlier this week that Bosnia's High Representative Christian Schmidt is holding consultations with the international community to impose a new electoral law [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

Plans by Bosnia’s high representative to amend the country’s election law and the federation entity’s constitution have been denounced by critics, who say it is segregationist and akin to legislating “apartheid”.

Earlier this week, local media broke the news that the Office of the High Representative (OHR), an international institution responsible for implementing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s peace agreement, is holding consultations with the international community to impose a new law regarding how delegates are chosen for the House of Peoples of the Bosniak-Croat Federation entity’s parliament.

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