The Federation of BiH got a new government after eight years, led by Nikšić

After eight years, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina got a new government, headed by Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić (SDP).

The House of Representatives of the FBiH Parliament appointed a new entity government after the high representative in BiH Kristijan Šmit imposed decisions that unblocked the election of the government of that entity.

Šmit yesterday imposed changes to the Constitution of the FBiH, according to which the appointment of a new government of BiH. entity, the consent of two out of three members of the leadership of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is sufficient.

In this case, the president of the Federation Lidija Bradara from HDZ BiH and Igor Stojanović from SDP gave their consent for the appointment of the government, while Refik Lendo from SDA did not want to give their consent, believing that the new government should include SDA, which was in last year's general elections got the most votes in the elections.

51 MPs voted for the appointment of the new FBiH Government, which consists of Croatian parties, led by HDZ BiH, and parties gathered around the pro-Bosnian Troika coalition - SDP, Narod i Pravda and Naša stranka.

Two MPs voted against the election of the new Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while MPs from the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Bakir Izetbegović and the Democratic Front (DF) Željko Komšić left the parliamentary session before the vote.

MPs from SDA and DF joined the citizens who protested in front of the parliament building due to the imposed decisions of Šmit.

The session of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was held with large security measures and the presence of a large number of police officers.