Bosnia: high court suspends Serb-Bosnian electoral law

(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 24 LUG - The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accepting several appeals, has suspended the electoral law passed by the Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity whose leader, Milorad Dodik, is under scrutiny for his growing secessionist ambitions. The law in question was adopted by the Serb-Bosnian parliament on April 19 and came into effect on July 17. The High Court found there were reasonable doubts that this measure could violate the constitutional order and the political stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with potentially harmful and irreversible consequences.
    The international High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, has repeatedly opposed this electoral law, a stance not recognized by Dodik and the entire Serb-Bosnian leadership. Dodik himself is under trial for his refusal to comply with decisions and rulings by the High Representative, a position tasked with overseeing the adherence to the Dayton Agreement, which ended the Bosnian War in 1995. (ANSA).