(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, 03 OTT - "The EU takes note of High
Representative Schmidt's decision to amend the Constitution of
the entity of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)
and the Electoral Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The High
Representative made that decision alone. The executive powers of
the High Representative should be used only as a measure of last
resort against irreparable unlawful acts." That is what Ana
Pisonero, a spokeswoman for the European Commission, said,
commenting on High Representative Christian Schmidt's decision
to impose a controversial electoral reform, announced yesterday
at the end of elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mainly calling for electoral law reform is the Croat
component, the smallest community in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which
is increasingly impatient with coexistence with the Muslim part
and desirous of its entity. In addition, the High
Representative, charged with overseeing the implementation of
the Dayton Peace Accords, is endowed with so-called Bonn powers,
broad powers of intervention, including legislative ones.
(ANSA).
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