<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Amy Koopmanschap : ''Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were well-prepared''</font>
Amy Koopmanschap : ''Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were well-prepared''
[20/03/2013]
The 24th Congress Session adopted on 20 March 2013 a recommendation and a resolution on the local elections of 7 October 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “These elections were well-prepared, conducted in an orderly manner and organised in accordance with international standards.” Congress Rapporteur Amy Koopmanschap (The Netherlands, SOC) stated. The Congress welcomed the improvements after the last local elections in 2008 but made further recommendations, in particular to revise the existing system of voter registration, including the so-called tender ballot system for unconfirmed voters, to professionalise the electoral process, as well as to reconsider the existing regulation allowing citizens who are not permanently resident in a municipality to take part in local elections. “The possibility of organising concurrent elections on one day, on a so-called “Super Sunday”; should be weighed as it can lead to local elections being largely overshadowed by the national vote” she added. Uno Silberg, representing the EU Committee of the regions, who had participated in the observation mission, and was invited to take part in the debate, also welcomed the peaceful conduct of these elections.
Amy Koopmanschap : ''Les élections locales en Bosnie-Herzégovine ont été bien préparées''
[20/03/2013]
La 24e Session du Confrès a adopté le 20 mars 2013 une recommandation et une résolution sur les élections locales qui se sont déroulées le 7 octobre 2012 en Bosnie-Herzégovine.''Ces élections ont été bien préparées, menées de façon ordonnée et organisées conformément aux normes internationales,'' a indiqué Amy Koopmanschap, rapporteure du Congrès sur cette question (Pays-Bas, SOC). Le Congrès s’est félicité des améliorations apportées depuis les dernières élections locales de 2008, mais a formulé de nouvelles recommandations, concernant en particulier la nécessité de réviser l’actuel système d’enregistrement des électeurs – notamment le système de « bulletins en suspens » pour les électeurs dont le vote n’a pas été confirmé –, de professionnaliser le processus électoral et de réexaminer la réglementation permettant aux citoyens qui ne résident pas de manière permanente dans une commune de prendre part aux élections locales. ''L’idée d’organiser des élections simultanées sur une même journée, lors d’une sorte de « super dimanche », devrait être tempérée, dans la mesure où les élections locales pourraient se trouver largement éclipsées par le scrutin national'', a-t-elle ajouté. Uno Silberg, intervenant au nom du Comité des régions de l’Union européenne et ayant participé à la mission, s’est également félicité du calme dans lequel se sont déroulées ces élections.
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The 24th Congress Session adopted on 20 March 2013 a recommendation and a resolution on the local elections of 7 October 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “These elections were well-prepared, conducted in an orderly manner and organised in accordance with international standards.” Congress Rapporteur Amy Koopmanschap (The Netherlands, SOC) stated. The Congress welcomed the improvements after the last local elections in 2008 but made further recommendations, in particular to revise the existing system of voter registration, including the so-called tender ballot system for unconfirmed voters, to professionalise the electoral process, as well as to reconsider the existing regulation allowing citizens who are not permanently resident in a municipality to take part in local elections. “The possibility of organising concurrent elections on one day, on a so-called “Super Sunday”; should be weighed as it can lead to local elections being largely overshadowed by the national vote” she added. Uno Silberg, representing the EU Committee of the regions, who had participated in the observation mission, and was invited to take part in the debate, also welcomed the peaceful conduct of these elections.