BELGRADE, Oct 2President of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Zeljka Cvijanovic wins the election for the position of a member of the presidium of BiH from the Serbian people, her party, the Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), said. BiH residents elected three members of the collective head of state — the presidium — one each from Bosniaks (Muslim Slavs), Bosnian Croats and local Serbs, 42 deputies of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, 83 deputies of the Assembly (Parliament) of the Republika Srpska (RS BiH), President and Vice-Presidents of the RS BiH, 98 deputies to the House of Representatives of the Croatian-Muslim Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina and candidates for municipal assemblies. Traditionally, Bosniaks in the majority vote for the Democratic Action Party (SDA), Croats for the Croatian Democratic Commonwealth (HDZ) BiH, Bosnian Serbs for one of several «Serb» parties.
The leader of the Bosnian Serbs is confident in his victory in the upcoming elections «Based on 75% of the processed ballots, the SNSD candidate Zeljka Cvijanovic received 240 thousand votes, and the candidate of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) and the Democratic Progress Party (PDP, Mirko Šarović) received 160 thousand votes. In The SDS recognized that Zeljka Cvijanovic has an unattainable advantage,» party spokesman Radovan Kovacevic said based on data from SNSD observers. The headquarters of the opposition SDS confirmed that they were noticeably behind the competitor. 3,386,666 citizens had the right to vote, 5,903 polling stations were open , of which 21 are located in the diplomatic missions of BiH in 15 states. 60,000 accredited observers followed the voting process and the counting of results. The pre-election silence began on Saturday morning and lasted until the end of the will. Voting took place on Sunday from 7.00 (8.00 Moscow time).Republika Srpska does not support BiH's accession to NATO, Dodik saidOn the day of the declaration of will, High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt, whose appointment was not supported in the UN Security Council by Russia and China, amended the election law in the Croatian-Muslim Federation of BiH: duties of both houses of parliament FBiH to consider acts adopted by the other chamber, a new procedure for electing judges of the Constitutional Court, expanding the powers of the Council for the Protection of Vital National Interests. Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its secession from Yugoslavia in 1992, after which a war broke out in the republic with the participation of Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats which continued until 1995. The exact number of victims has not been officially established, various sources point to a figure of over 100 thousand people. With the participation of the international community, the Peaceful Dayton Agreement was signed, three formations were formed — the Federation of BiH, the Republic of Srpska and the Brcko Special District. At the head of state is a presidium consisting of three people: one representative each from Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims). failure in the «Ukrainian adventure»
