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- 1. CITIZENS’ OPINIONS ON STATE-LEVEL CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1000 CITIZENS 20 QUESTIONS 2013 JULY POLITICAL CRISIS 86% 88.5% 88.6% STATE ENTITY CANTON MUNICIPALITY PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TRUST IN THEIR POLITICIANS SEJDIĆ&FINCIREFORMTOJOINEUJOINING NATO REDUCED ADMINISTRATION WAR CRIMES BUSIN ESS CLIM ATE POLITICAL CRISIS ECONOMIC CRISIS CORRUPTION 11 ISSUES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN TL. CO M M UN ITY LEAVIN G BIH 0 11 MOST IMPORTANTLEAST IMPORTANT 3.02 4.20 4.24 4.44 5.55 5.69 5.86 7.18 7.45 9.12 9.24 POLITICAL CRISIS 8.02 6.99 7.76 8.00 BOSNIAKS SERBS CROATS OTHERS 0 11 MOST IMPORTANTLEAST IMPORTANT 0 11 0 11 0 11 All citizens want to resolve the political crisis. They mistrust their political elites and are unhappy with the political situation and the structure of the country. OF ALL CITIZENS 56% believe that politicians are not able to reach an agreement on state-level constitutional reforms because it is not in their interest to do so FBIH BOSNIAK MAJORITY FBIH CROAT MAJORITY RS SERB MAJORITY BRCKO DISTRIKT 58.2% 41.5% 56.6% 82.5% ELECTED POLITICIANS REPRESENT INTERESTS OF THEIR PARTIES AT EVERY LEVEL: ELECTED POLITICIANS REPRESENT INTERESTS OF THEIR CITIZENS AT EVERY LEVEL: 84% “Ethnic identity is far more permanent and individuals will not be willing to vote for parties perceived as representing the interest of a different ethnic group even if these parties provide better and more efficient government. A system favoring and enshrining a party system based on ethnicity therefore seems flawed. BiH should move from a system based on ethnic representation to a system based on representation of citizens.” (Venice Commission, Opinion on the Constitutional Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Powers of the High Representative, 2005) CRISIS 100 Political part iesareeffectivelyunaccountabletocitizens. 87%CITIZENS THINK POLITICIANS PRIORITIZE the interests of THEIR OWN PARTIES over the interest of the citizens who elected them. 0 80 8.6% 6.3% 6.5% STATE ENTITY CANTON MUNICIPALITY 12.7% 10 Almost 9 in 10 people think that politicians represent the interests of their parties over the interests of the citizens who elected them. INCLUDING: W h y ? ? ? ? ?