Protests continued in several cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina today, after the fierce riots that started last week, and the gatherings demanding the resignation of local officials and highlighting social and economic demands passed peacefully this time.
In Sarajevo, several thousand demonstrators demanded the resignation of the Federal Government, and Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić, as well as the ministers, were given a deadline to submit their resignations by 19 p.m., which he refused, so the demonstrators blocked traffic on Skenderija.
Representatives of the demonstrators in Sarajevo who negotiated with Federal Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić today announced that one of the conclusions was that changes to the BiH Election Law should be made in order to be able to organize early elections.
The leader of the informal group of citizens, Amra Dulić, told the crowd that the proposal will be sent to the Parliament tomorrow for adoption by urgent procedure.
He will not resign, but he wants to run for special elections: Nikšić (photo: sutra.ba)
During the negotiations between the Government and the demonstrators, it was also concluded that a list of companies suspected of being illegally privatized should be drawn up and an initiative should be initiated with the judicial authorities to review these privatizations.
She confirmed that Nikšić refused to resign, which the protesters demanded, and that he stated that "he will step down if someone better than him takes his place", reported Fena.
Dnevni avaz announced that Nikšić and FBIH president Živko Budimir addressed the gathered journalists in front of the Government building.
Nikšić said that "it would be irresponsible for him to resign and that someone from the street cannot come and take over power", and that this should be done in the institutions of the system and the electoral law should be changed as soon as possible in order to make it possible to hold extraordinary elections.
He confirmed that the proposal for these changes will be submitted to the parliamentary procedure in the morning.
As Nikšić said, if it is not possible to adopt changes to the electoral law in a short period of time, the high representative in BiH, Valentin Incko, should impose those changes.
Hammer through the protesters
During today's protest, there was an incident when a red Hummer rushed through a group of protesters at high speed and hit two of them.
As "Dnevni avaz" reports, the police stopped the vehicle, but immediately let it go.
Another vehicle without license plates drove through the crowd, and the protesters decided to set up planters to block the vehicle's passage.
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