Hieronder zal ik een korte schets geven van het politieke landschap in Bosnie-Herzegovina in de aanloop naar de verkiezingen op 1 oktober.
The beginning of 2006 saw the arrival of Milorad Dodik and his Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) on power in RS. Dodik was eager to leave the mark on the RS political scene, and at the same time started building his support also on some of the achievements of the previous government. By mid 2006 SNSD was not only gaining grounds at the entity level, but also became a dominating political party in many municipalities, sometimes ensuring majority by mercilessly removing opponents from executive offices. Already then it became clear that the forthcoming elections in October 2006 in Republika Srpska (RS) will be marked by the rivalry between SDS and SNSD, and polls and analysts mostly agreed that the SNSD will be one of the winners of these elections.
