political crisis
DESCRIPTION
Public Opinion Poll on citizens' view on constitutional reform, commissioned in July 2013 within the project “Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Engaging Civil Society"TRANSCRIPT
CITIZENS’ OPINIONS ONSTATE-LEVEL CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1000 CITIZENS
20QUESTIONS
2013JULY
POLITICAL CRISIS
86%88.5%
88.6%STATE
ENTITY
CANTONMUNICIPALITY
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TRUST IN THEIR POLITICIANS
SEJD
IĆ &
FIN
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REF
OR
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O JO
IN E
UJO
ININ
G N
ATO
REDUCED ADMINISTRATION WAR CRIMES BUSINESS CLIMATE
POLITIC
AL
CRISIS
ECO
NO
MIC
CR
ISISC
OR
RU
PTIO
N
11ISSUES
CONSTITUTIONAL
REFORM
INTL
. COMMUNITY
LEAVIN
G BIH
0 11MOST IMPORTANTLEAST IMPORTANT
3.02
4.20
4.24
4.445.55 5.69
5.867.18
7.45
9.12
9.24
POLITICAL CRISIS
8.02
6.99
7.76
8.00
BOSNIAKS
SERBS
CROATS
OTHERS
0 11MOST 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 POLITICIANSREPRESENT INTERESTS OF THEIR PARTIESAT EVERY LEVEL:
ELECTED POLITICIANSREPRESENT INTERESTS OF THEIR CITIZENSAT 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 parties are effectively unaccountable to citizens.
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
CANTONMUNICIPALITY 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:
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