SARAJEVO, April 9 (Hina) - Municipal elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina were conducted in a free and democratic atmosphere and represent a new piece of evidence of political maturity of citizens of the country, High Representative for
Bosnia-Herzegovina Wolfgang Petritsch and head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Robert Barry said on Sunday. According to our data, the turnout of citizens at the elections amounted to about 70 percent. We are satisfied because the majority of the voters used their right to vote, Barry told a press conference in Sarajevo. He reminded that this year's elections brought significant changes in relation to the one held the year before, namely the implementation of open lists of candidates. We are under the impression that voters entirely understood and used advantages offered by this way of voting, the head of the OSCE mission said. He added tha
SARAJEVO, April 9 (Hina) - Municipal elections in Bosnia-
Herzegovina were conducted in a free and democratic atmosphere and
represent a new piece of evidence of political maturity of citizens
of the country, High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina
Wolfgang Petritsch and head of the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Robert Barry said on Sunday.
According to our data, the turnout of citizens at the elections
amounted to about 70 percent. We are satisfied because the majority
of the voters used their right to vote, Barry told a press
conference in Sarajevo.
He reminded that this year's elections brought significant changes
in relation to the one held the year before, namely the
implementation of open lists of candidates.
We are under the impression that voters entirely understood and
used advantages offered by this way of voting, the head of the OSCE
mission said.
He added that local electoral commissions performed well.
According to Petritsch, the elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina will
have a great impact on the future of the country.
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