Minister on new Bosniak council vote

Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Čiplić will hold consultations and decide to call new elections for the Bosniak National Council.

Izvor: Politika

Friday, 10.12.2010.

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Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Ciplic will hold consultations and decide to call new elections for the Bosniak National Council. His ministry said in Belgrade on Thursday that six months after the Central Election Commission declared final results, the Bosniak council was yet to be set up. Minister on new Bosniak council vote "Thereby, pursuant to the Law on National Minority Councils, conditions have been created for holding new elections for the Bosniak national council," said the statement, carried by Tanjug news agency. In an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika, Ciplic said that he "did not expect major problems in Sandzak" in the wake of his decision. The Raska District, informally known as Sandzak, is home to much of Serbia's Bosniak (Muslim) population. Ciplic was also confident that repeated voting would not cause clashes in the southwestern region. He told the daily that he was "certain that Bosniaks are aware of the political moment in Serbia, and the fact that two Bosniak leaders are (government) ministers". Ciplic also rejected accusations that he was under the influence of these two ministers - Sulejman Ugljanin and Rasim Ljajic - who support two election lists which ran for seats on the council. The minister accused Muamer Zukorlic - who heads one of two rival Islamic communities in Serbia, and whose election list also took part in the ballot - of using the national council elections "as a chance to try his hand in politics". Zukorlic's Bosniak Cultural Alliance won 17 mandates six months ago, followed by the Bosniak List with 15 and the Bosniak Revivial with 5 mandates respectively. Zukorlic's group then managed to win over two councilors from the Bosniak Revivial ticket, securing a majority. and held a session to form the council, but this has not been recognized by the authorities. Svetozar Ciplic (Tanjug, file)

Minister on new Bosniak council vote

"Thereby, pursuant to the Law on National Minority Councils, conditions have been created for holding new elections for the Bosniak national council," said the statement, carried by Tanjug news agency.

In an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika, Čiplić said that he "did not expect major problems in Sandžak" in the wake of his decision.

The Raška District, informally known as Sandžak, is home to much of Serbia's Bosniak (Muslim) population.

Čiplić was also confident that repeated voting would not cause clashes in the southwestern region.

He told the daily that he was "certain that Bosniaks are aware of the political moment in Serbia, and the fact that two Bosniak leaders are (government) ministers".

Čiplić also rejected accusations that he was under the influence of these two ministers - Sulejman Ugljanin and Rasim Ljajić - who support two election lists which ran for seats on the council.

The minister accused Muamer Zukorlić - who heads one of two rival Islamic communities in Serbia, and whose election list also took part in the ballot - of using the national council elections "as a chance to try his hand in politics".

Zukorlić's Bosniak Cultural Alliance won 17 mandates six months ago, followed by the Bosniak List with 15 and the Bosniak Revivial with 5 mandates respectively.

Zukorlić's group then managed to win over two councilors from the Bosniak Revivial ticket, securing a majority. and held a session to form the council, but this has not been recognized by the authorities.

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