Negotiations Open with Strengthening the Integrity of the Electoral Process, Čović Insists - CEC is Illegal

(Patria) - Behind closed doors at the Hotel Marea in Neum, negotiations on changes to the Election Law are underway, and everything should be completed by Sunday when a joint statement will be issued for the media.

The first session today has ended, and the negotiations began with introductory remarks on strengthening the integrity of the electoral process. More or less, all parties support the proposal for amendments to the Election Law regarding the improvement of the technical part and the introduction of new technologies in the electoral process.

But the HDZ, specifically Dragan Čović, still maintains the position that the Central Election Commission is illegal. He is in principle in favor of improving the electoral process, but he still disputes the composition of the CEC and the authority of the Central Election Commission through which the CEC would regulate the electoral process. Simply put, for them, the CEC was unlawfully appointed, and they emphasized this at the meeting.

The Party of Democratic Action fully supported the proposal of the OSCE and ODIHR.

Technical solutions in the Election Law have been discussed for a long time. The technical amendments to the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina concern the financing of elections and election campaigns, greater transparency of the voter list, appointment of polling boards, scanning of ballots, and the like, and should be adopted regardless of whether an agreement will be reached on the method of electing members of the Presidency, the Federal House, and the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.