البوسنة: تعزيز الانقسام العرقي حصيلة الانتخابات المحلية

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أسفرت الانتخابات البوسنية التي شارك فيها 85% من المواطنين عن تقدُّم "ميلوراد دوديك"، السياسي القومي الصربي، أحد داعمي الانفصال عن "البوسنة"، وذلك في انتخابات الجمهورية الصربية بـ"البوسنة"؛ حيث كان يحظى بدعم الكرملين الروسي في ظل انتقادات غربية مناهضة.

وقد ظهر الانقسام بين عناصر المجتمع البوسني الذي يشمل المسلمين والصرب والكروات في الانتخابات البرلمانية والإقليمية؛ حيث كان يعمل السياسيون الصرب على الترويج لفكرة الانفصال، في حين دعا الكروات لمزيد من الاستقلال الذاتي، وذلك في مواجهة المسلمين الذين طالبوا بحكومة مركزية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Bosnian Elections Reinforce Longstanding Ethnic Divisions

With 85 percent of ballots counted, Milorad Dodik, a Bosnian Serb nationalist who advocates secession from Bosnia, led the race for president of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia. Mr. Dodik, who has the backing of the Kremlin, has faced criticism from Western officials for effectively promoting the disintegration of Bosnia and for forging closer ties with Moscow.

Milorad Dodik, a Bosnian Serb nationalist who advocates secession from Bosnia, leads the race to be president of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia. Credit Ranko Cukovic/Reuters

The divisions hampering the country were also on display in parliamentary and regional elections: Bosnian Serb leaders pushed for independence, Bosnian Croat leaders pressed for more autonomy and Bosnian Muslim leaders favored more centralized power.

“All three sides for the past 20 years have been unable to reach any compromise, so the country is paralyzed,” Mr. Latal said. “They can’t agree on the past and they can’t agree on the present — never mind the future.”

Bosnia, one of Europe’s poorest countries, has been struggling with an ailing economy and an unemployment rate of roughly 44 percent. The country was hit by devastating floods in May that damaged its already creaky infrastructure and caused roughly $2.5 billion in damage.

The country’s problems were laid bare in February, when the most widespread antigovernment protests in nearly two decades were held nationwide. Protesters vented their frustration at what they called endemic corruption among the political class, which they said put its own interests ahead of the country’s.