CEC BIH: REPEAL MAYOR OF OLD TOWN SARAJEVO HADŽIBAJRIĆ WAS CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW

SARAJEVO, AUGUST 17 (ONASA) – Today, at its 58th session, the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a decision in which it determined that the impeachment procedure of the Mayor of Stari Grad Sarajevo, Ibrahim Hadžibajrić, was carried out in accordance with the law and that he was given the mandate of Mayor of the Municipality Stari Grad Sarajevo, ceases on the date of entry into force of the aforementioned decision.
The decision will be published on the website of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina www.izbori.ba, and it will be considered that on the day of its publication it was delivered to all participants in the impeachment of the mayor of the Municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo.
The appeal against the decision shall be submitted to the Appellate Department of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina within two days of receiving this decision through the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with Article 6.9 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After the finality of today’s decision in accordance with Article 14.3 of the Election Law of BiH, the Central Election Commission of BiH issues a decision on the calling of early elections, which determines the exact date of the elections. Early elections are held within 90 days from the date of dissolution of the elected body, i.e. termination of mandate in accordance with the constitution and law. No less than 30 nor more than 90 days can elapse from the day of announcing the early elections to the day of holding the elections, and the mandate of the members of the bodies elected in the early elections lasts until the expiration of the current mandate of the bodies elected in the regular elections, announced the Information Office of the CEC of BiH.