Bosnia elections today, fate of constitution hangs in balance

Update: 2014-10-13 22:50 GMT
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.Some 3.3 million voters will choose over 500 officials, including a three-member state presidency and parliament. Voters in Republika Srpska will also vote for a president and a parliament of Republika Srpska. Voters in the Bosniac-Croat federation will chose lawmakers for their regional parliament .

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