Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 13300 | 01 October 2013

The functioning of democratic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Signatories: Ms Ismeta DERVOZ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD ; Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Serbia, EDG ; Mr Jean-Charles ALLAVENA, Monaco, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr José María BENEYTO, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Jean-Marie BOCKEL, France, EPP/CD ; Mr Mladen BOJANIĆ, Montenegro, SOC ; Mr Agustín CONDE, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Geraint DAVIES, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain, SOC ; Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Ms Aleksandra DJUROVIĆ, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Ms Tülin ERKAL KARA, Turkey, EDG ; Mr Tamás GAUDI NAGY, Hungary, NR ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Ms Alina Ştefania GORGHIU, Romania, ALDE ; Mr Igor IVANOVSKI, ''The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'', SOC ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Ms Nermina KAPETANOVIĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD ; Mr Igor KOLMAN, Croatia, ALDE ; Ms Borjana KRIŠTO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD ; Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ireland, ALDE ; Mr Saša MAGAZINOVIĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SOC ; Mr Thierry MARIANI, France, EPP/CD ; Ms Milica MARKOVIĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SOC ; Ms Nursuna MEMECAN, Turkey, ALDE ; Ms Melita MULIĆ, Croatia, SOC ; Mr Aleksandar NIKOLOSKI, ''The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'', EPP/CD ; Ms Judith OEHRI, Liechtenstein, ALDE ; Ms Lesia OROBETS, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Zaruhi POSTANJYAN, Armenia, EPP/CD ; Mr Jakob PRESEČNIK, Slovenia, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr PYLYPENKO, Ukraine, SOC ; Mr Senad ŠEPIĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Zoran VUKČEVIĆ, Montenegro, SOC ; Ms Draginja VUKSANOVIĆ, Montenegro, SOC

Origin - 2013 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 12 with the following paragraph:

"Furthermore, the Assembly asks the Committee of Ministers to urge the authorities and political leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina to amend the Constitution and electoral legislation in conformity with the Sejdic-Finci judgement without any delay."

Explanatory note

The suspension of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Council of Europe could represent the loss to the country of credibility at the international and internal level. That could create political complications in the country as it will not be able to hold elections until October 2014. That means a very confused situation could be created with an unknown result.