– Article 13.10 paragraph (3) of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina clearly stipulates that each city council, i.e. the city assembly, elects the mayor and the president of the city council in the manner determined by the law and city statute.
Accordingly, the election of the mayor of the City of Sarajevo is carried out by the City Council of the City of Sarajevo, as a representative body of the citizens of the city, in the procedure established by the Statute of the City of Sarajevo. The city council consists of 28 councilors who are delegated by the municipal councils of the municipalities that make up the City of Sarajevo from among the elected municipal councilors, after which that body, upon constitution, elects the mayor and deputy mayors.
In connection with the allegations regarding the verification of the candidates for mayor in the City of Sarajevo, the City of Mostar and the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we emphasize that the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina has carried out legally prescribed checks in the candidacy procedure of those persons for representative bodies: the City Council of Mostar, the Municipal Council of Novo Sarajevo and the Assembly of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Local Elections of 2024. The Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not challenge the election of the mayor in any way and acts exclusively within the jurisdiction established by the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina – stated the CEC of BiH.
(Vijesti.ba)
