SARAJEVO, Oct 9 (Hina) - Social Democratic Party (SDP) president Zlatko Lagumdzija and Bosnian Federation television journalist Bakir Hadziomerovic could be the first victims of the return to power of national political parties, which
won considerable support at a recent general election.
SARAJEVO, Oct 9 (Hina) - Social Democratic Party (SDP) president
Zlatko Lagumdzija and Bosnian Federation television journalist
Bakir Hadziomerovic could be the first victims of the return to
power of national political parties, which won considerable
support at a recent general election. #L#
After a major electoral defeat, the former absolute SDP leader has
come under vehement attack of the opposition within the party,
which was dissatisfied with his policy and the way he led the party
in the past as well.
The SDP Presidency met on Tuesday, adopting a decision to convene
the party's congress for Nov. 9. It was also decided that the entire
Presidency and Lagumdzija should tender their resignations.
The reasons behind the triumph of national parties at the Oct. 5
election, which is nevertheless relative considering that they won
the least number of votes since 1990, are still being analysed,
although the great majority of assessments are extremely
negative.
Even though the media agree this is not 1990 and another war will not
break out, few believe a coalition of the Croatian Democratic Union
(HDZ), the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and the Serb Democratic
Party (SDS) can make Bosnia-Herzegovina a better place to live.
Television in the Croat-Muslim entity, the Bosnian Federation, on
Monday presented a very dire picture of Bosnia following the last
election. According to the "60 minuta" news show, voters have opted
for the past and the vote to national parties means only misery and
further deterioration for the country.
That same evening, the show's editor, Hadziomerovic, was suspended
by the federal television's director, Jasmin Durakovic, who said he
had been deeply upset by the feature whose author, Senad Avdic, had
been editor-in-chief of "Slobodna Bosna" weekly and saw nothing
good in the rule of national parties.
The journalists and the media, with the exception of "Dnevni avaz"
daily, which suggests the election losers are spreading fear for no
reason, have defended Hadziomerovic with the assumption that
Durakovic is trying to keep his post and curry favour with national
parties.
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