Sarajevo: Bosnians are voting on Sunday in general elections that will show whether people are more concerned over jobs and EU integration or nationalist aspirations toward secession. Whoever wins will face the challenge of a constitutional reform. The current governing system is a result of a constitutional arrangement was part of a peace agreement that ended the country's 1992-95 war. It created two entities: Bosniac-Croat Federation and Republika Srpska.
Who is being elected?
Some 3.3 million voters will choose over 500 officials, including a three-member state presidency and parliament.
What are the issues?
All sides in Bosnia agree the current constitutional arrangement needs changing. They disagree on how. Bosnian Serbs would like an independent state. Muslim Bosniaks, the majority in the other region, seek a more centralized state. Catholic Bosnian Croats would like to have their own mini-state within Bosnia.
In Republika Srpska, the competition is between the incumbent president, Milorad Dodik, and his opponents in the Serb Democratic party, SDS, that ruled during the war. Mr Dodik has built his campaign on promises of independence and Russian support. The SDS has accused Mr Dodik's administration of corruption.
Who is being elected?
Some 3.3 million voters will choose over 500 officials, including a three-member state presidency and parliament.
What are the issues?
All sides in Bosnia agree the current constitutional arrangement needs changing. They disagree on how. Bosnian Serbs would like an independent state. Muslim Bosniaks, the majority in the other region, seek a more centralized state. Catholic Bosnian Croats would like to have their own mini-state within Bosnia.
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In Republika Srpska, the competition is between the incumbent president, Milorad Dodik, and his opponents in the Serb Democratic party, SDS, that ruled during the war. Mr Dodik has built his campaign on promises of independence and Russian support. The SDS has accused Mr Dodik's administration of corruption.
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