Legislative Branch Reform: General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Legislative Branch Reform: General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Implementations

Legislative Branch Reform – 1995

The accord created a House of Peoples and House of Representatives. No information was available on the parliamentary assembly in December of 1995.

Legislative Branch Reform – 1996

National elections took place on 14 September 1996, in which Bosnia’s ethno-national parties dominated the election results. According to a news report, “the Muslim-led Party of Democratic Action took 19 of the 42 seats in the House of Representatives, which is intended to unite all three ethnic factions in a common legislative body. The hard-line Serb Democratic Party took 9 seats and the Croatian Democratic Union won 7. The balance went to smaller parties that had been in the opposition during the war.”1

  1. “Bosnia’s Nationalist Parties Dominate Election Results,” The New York Times, September 22, 1996.

Legislative Branch Reform – 1997

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 1998

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 1999

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 2000

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 2001

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 2002

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 2003

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 2004

No further developments observed.

Legislative Branch Reform – 2005

No further developments observed.