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CITIZENS’ OPINIONS ONSTATE-LEVEL CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1000 CITIZENS20
QUESTIONS
2013JULY
88%OF RESPONDENTS
SUPPORT state-levelconstitutional reform
98.5%
91.5%
79.5% 87.6%BRCKORS SERB
FBIH CROAT
FBIH BOSNIAK
36.4%to ensure EQUALITY of
ALL CITIZENS
Several civic, political and international proposals for constitutional reform
have FAILED TO ACHIEVE ANY PROGRESS.For example:
to reform the state level constitution were submitted by CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
3PROPOSALS
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Law Institute in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2006
Alumni Association Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies
Forum of Tuzla Citizens
fromPOLITICALPARTIES6
PROPOSALS
• SNSD and SDS Proposal of Amendments to the Constitution of BIH
HDZ 1990 Platform for a New Constitution of BIH
HDZ BIH Amendments to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Regards to the Implementation of the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in the Case of Sejdić-Finci versus Bosnia and Herzegovina
SDA Proposal of Amendments to the Constitution of BiH
the Prud Process(PARTIALLY)
the April Package
SDA Proposal of Amendments to the Constitution of BiH
• HDZ and HDZ 1990 Proposal of Amendment to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
All of these were packages of reform that failed to attract sufficient political and citizens’ support.
STATE-LEVELCONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
“It is desirable for the citizens at some stage to decide to have an entirely new constitution based on their own wishes and drafted during a period without ethnic strife.
The ultimate goal should be to have democratically legitimate constitutions prepared with the participation of all political forces and civil society in a public and transparent process.”
(Venice Commission, Opinion on the Constitutional Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Powers of the High Representative, 2005)
71.5%so that BIH can function
like a NORMAL COUNTRY
94.9% BRČKO D
ISTRICT
63.1% FBIH CRO
AT
76.6%
FBIH BOSNIAK
67.4% RS SERB
67.3%
33.8%
FBIH CROAT
38.7%
FBIH BOSNIAK
32.1%R
S SERB
BRČKO DISTRICT
34.9%
29.2%
27.5%
46.5%
FBIH CROAT
FBIH BOSNIAK
RS SERB
BRČKO DISTRICT
35.7%so that BiH can
INTEGRATE in the EU
Why?
Why?
Why?
People thinkPoliticians should still lead the process of constitutional reform, butthis process should engage citizens.
think that politicians do not represent the interest of the citizens but rather the interests of their parties. Citizens know that politicians alone will never be able to agree on constitutional reform.
86.7% 59.5%POLITICIANS + CITIZENS + NGOs = STATE-LEVEL
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
56%think that it is not in politicians’ interest to reach an agreement on state-level constitutional reform.
think that NGOs should inform the citizens through the media on the current constitution and its reform process
of citizens
of citizens
of citizens
from theINTERNATIONALCOMMUNITY2
PROPOSALS
2009
For more information on BiH 2013 Public Opinon Poll, please visit www.k143.org or www.cgs-livno.net