🇧🇦 Bosnia: the country with three presidents | Al Jazeera English

Could you imagine a country being run by three presidents? This is how the political system works in Bosnia and Herzegovina. And it is one of the most complicated systems in the world.
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[@katotoy6755]

This country is practically making money to give salary to these politicians.. Too much bureaucracy is bad for any country..

[@venividivici373]

Im Bosniak and i agree with u

[@stojankovacic1524]

They're taking all the money, even if we had only 1 president he would still eat up all the money. They're just... out politicians are the most corrupt I know of.

[@katotoy6755]

We'll it's better to have one thief than two.. ^_^ I guess all countries have the same problem,. In our country they want to change the form of government to federalism , increasing the bureaucracy and also adding more politicians to the system.

[@stojankovacic1524]

You see, then a Croatian president would never get elected because the Croats are the least big of the 3 peoples. Also, all politicians here are nationalists so if a Serbian president gets elected then guess what happens! Some good old indoctrination and discrimination.

[@rademilosevic4944]

Guess what, in federation there are 10 cantons, meaning 10 more presidents, 10 more parliamens, 10 more ministry amd 10 everything else that goes with it. And it's all naturally founded by country's budget. There is tenfold bureaucratic leaches there. When you consider corruption of all Balkan politicians, it's almost impossible to grasp levels of scams that are in play in the Bosnia. Total of 14 complete governments in a single country, thousands upon thousands of bureaucrats getting they salary (disproportionately high compared to average salary in the country) and not generating any income to the budget. And people still wondering why it's hard to live in Bosnia? It's because so much money that goes to the administration that it's insane. Imagine what that amount of money could do if transferred into factories over over time. And factories and other economic infrastructure exists in Bosnia, but they are questionably privatized and huge amount of them is closed. That's why youth is leaving Bosnia, but that is also why youth is leaving Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro as well, corrupt governments who have destroyed our industry, our banking system, who are paying millions of € for a 1 meter of highway (money laundering on expert level). And it's all encouraged by the EU so that they will get cheap laber force to come into they countries and that they companies could built their factories where laber is even cheaper. So I say carry on Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and everyone else, keep hating each other, keep listening to politicians who are selling you this hate, soon here won't be anybody to hate, won't be anybody to love either. Won't be anybody at all...

[@Brandoregularo]

One President is bad enough. My heart goes out to these people.

[@Rain-Man]

that is the least important position in the country actually

[@SaparHarai]

Hahaha good one

[@mdza]

Papi Uno swapping minorities? You do realise that 50% of Bosnia is consisted of Serbs and Croats that are majority on 75% of the Bosnian territory. The only true solution is to have a loose federation of three entities that should have a right on independecy referendum in 5-10 years. The country as it is is not self-sustainable, and bringing people closer together is not a solution since the hate is greater now than before the war.

[@ttrieds8023]

Their president is only seremonial leader. Their real leader is their prime minister.

[@abdullahabdulaziz]

This is actually good By doing this no one group can come in power

[@stanj85]

This is incredible. Never heard of such a complicated governmental structure. Makes me wonder if there are other countries with hierarchies this complex as well.

[@bobjo3549]

yeah there is you should look at lebanons parlament

[@TheZion78]

Switzerland system is also pretty complicated itself. So much that most of Swiss people cant fully comprehend it.

[@tauceti8060]

The US

[@Maurazio]

swiss system is clearly federal though, and it only has a bi-cameral parliament and a gov't at the federal level, no constitutional courts and no higher presidency. Indeed it's simpler than the US and germany.

[@scorpioninpink]

Belgium.

[@mrniceguy7168]

A country like that has no chance of improving when everything is gridlocked among ethnic lines

[@philthefinadelphian4830]

They speak the same language, and are only separated by a few facial genomes. Nationalism is a tool for great powers to use, to divide and conquer.

[@BosnianBornBeast]

Saaduddin Ansari I ALWAYS TELL BOSNIANS, HOW WOULD THEY HANDLE A COUNTRY LIKE THE US THAT HAS MANY RELIGIONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS LIVING SIDE BY SIDE BUT YOU DONT SEE A WAR IN THE US RIGHT NOW! DO YOU?

[@BosnianBornBeast]

Damir Hajrulahovic serbians just have lobby groups in America. That’s how they achieve that goal. Plus they have Serbian American politicians here.

[@declannewton2556]

@@philthefinadelphian4830 It's still real to the many Croatians and Serbians there. Your message of ethnic kumbaya failed in tbe 90's and is failing now. One has to acknowledge the fact that there can be no nation built out of Bosnia and Herzogvina; and that separation is for the best.

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

@@BosnianBornBeast The reason why you don't see in the US ethnic tensions and wars is because the US has practiced for centuries a sort of social contract with new comers, who were obliged, when they came and demanded citizenship, to relinquish any tensions, conflicts or animosities they had in their previous countries of origin and become Americans. But in the case of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2 of the 3 ethnic groups did not want to be part of the Bosnian state. That is why they went to war. In the case of the US, one who went there and planned to remain there embraced the American identity willingly. There is no such thing in Bosnia. Serbs and Croats don't want and never wanted to become Bosnians. Bosnians never wanted to become Serbs and Croats. Bosnia is a smaller Yugoslavia essentially. This kind of compromise will not last. It is clearly a failed state. The sensible decision back in the 1990s was to split the country. Croat areas should have been given to Croatia. Bosnian majority areas should have formed a Bosnian state. Serb areas should have been given to Serbia. And mixed districts should have been integrated into any of these states, Croatia, Bosnia or Serbia, under the condition that they remain autonomous.

[@sashty1789]

Lived in Bosnia for my whole life and I'm still lost on what's happening. No video can help💀

[@sashty1789]

@Just Infinite are u Serbian?

[@sashty1789]

@Just Infinite forreal,no offense to them 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@cakeisyummy5755]

Čekaj, Stvarno?

[@Liza33650]

REVOLUTION

[@e5krv7c6rpok68bt]

Bosnia - 3 elected presidents. Qatar - 30 elected assembly members, 15 appointed by the king + 1 ruling family which chooses the king in their inner circle without consulting the public.

[@artman7780]

Birk Undae You also forgot that most of Qatari residents (almost 90 percent) could not vote as they are expatriates. So, the Qatari emir and 10 percent of population makes all the decisions.

[@e5krv7c6rpok68bt]

@@artman7780 I honestly didn't know that. Now I do.

[@mariosathens1]

Qatar is an Emirate, not a Republic.

[@adnan37h]

And what does that have to do with the video's content?

[@e5krv7c6rpok68bt]

@@adnan37h This video is made by a channel sponsored by Qatari government. Non-democrats should first work on their own democracy before giving advises/opinions about functioning democracies. It's like a homeless guy would give tips how to handle a job interview - just ignore it.

[@whatireadtoday4564]

Wonder if China, Indonesia, India has 1 president each ethnicity. There will br hundreds of president in the country.

[@Luka-zf2ye]

The reason there are presidents for Serbs and Croats is cause they could not stop the Serbians short of giving them not 1, but 2 presidents and they would not have Croats as their allies without giving them one as well. Bosniaks simply don't have the power to rule over the country but are willing to do anything to keep it from falling a part, if they could they would subjugate both Croats and Serbs and take away their presidents and parliaments violently. But since they can't the only way to maintain even superficial political stability is to give them all these rights.

[@Amelos1494]

well they had croats as their allies before tudjman decided to go on a drink with milosevic and backstab them

[@croissantmania]

Fortunately there's no benefit of doing such in Indonesia.

[@__Man__]

Because countries such India or Indonesia are post-colonial countries which is marked just by border rather than ethnicities, China was an empire then turn become Republic, while in Europe, countries are being built by its distinct history and ethnicity especially in the Eastern Europe, where the ethnic border form the border of country

[@andriwahyudani1302]

@@__Man__ the only thing that benefit Indonesia is if there are representatives from eastern Indonesia. Out of our 7 presidents, only 1 of them are from eastern Indonesia, and that is Habibie from Celebes. Which by the way elected emergencily after the decline of Suharto. So yeah, practically that is not true democracy. Other than that, mostly our presidents are Sumatran or Javanese. I guess Indonesia only need 1 president, but with another candidates from East Indonesia.

[@Best-cx5pv]

LONG LIVE CROATIAN REPUBLIC HERZEG BOSNIA!!!!!🇭🇷 🇭🇷 🇭🇷 🇭🇷

[@aaryanqureshi5326]

No you have croatia but bosniaks have nothing to call home you are Bosnian first then Croats and serbs, your genocide make you long before it Croats were less then they are now

[@ricardolopez1228]

ZDS..................... GO TO TURKEY, YOUR PLACE

[@copingmanlet1104]

@@aaryanqureshi5326 We don't have to choose. We're Croats from Bosnia. Just as there are Croats from Dalmatia. Bosnia is a region, not an ethnicity.

[@adambaum9401]

al jazeera arabic would say:"imagine electing..."

[@user-nm3ve6el5s]

No thanka We don't want to elect clown lie Trump and Modi...

[@miss_fllsn]

Honestly, as a native Bosnian, even to me it's confusing at times :(

[@Noname-no5qf]

As a bosnian that lives in Sweden, this is confusing to me too

[@pabloescobar7479]

Pozdravi iz albanci Bosna❤❤

[@JishnuWarrierA]

A channel run by a muslim royal family preaching about democracy...Lmao...!!! AJ promotes "democracy" everywhere except in their own country.

[@alikhanmoazzam]

Well Qataris are happy so whats ur problem

[@aaryanqureshi5326]

@-IDidn'tEatYourDoritos12 - love you bosniaks brothers 😊😘😍

[@josephkare3240]

Meanwhile most of the gulf countries are ruled by kings

[@maxmudxareed1345]

Who are puppets of the West

[@Faf786]

@iqbal sahibil Yo UAE is worst among the gulf countries where they were begging Americans to Transfer their base from Qatar to UAE and they will pay all the money,Also Saudi,UAE and Bahrain are more repressive than Qatar, u can look at how many political prisoners are there in Saudi,UAE and Bahrain. Compare that to Qatar which has improved since blocked

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

But are more stable.

[@BinuJasim]

At least they have money and only 'ONE' supremo unlike 3 presidents. Most Gulf kings are corrupt, yes, but they have enough money to afford it. Democracy can be equally corrupt where the spoils are shared by multiple politicians and businessmen. Welcome to my country India.

[@artman7780]

Binu Jasim That money will run out soon as the world starts using solar energy. Are you saying that India should become a dictatorship like China? In India, there are still checks and balances, and most people can vote. Meanwhile in Qatar, only 10 percent of the population (Qatari citizens) can vote, and even then, the Emir has the final say.

[@fifofilesug6128]

Great information thanks

[@nikomaric2450]

1:51 pusti covjeka da prica

[@AzzrudinJamil]

When you don't trust each other but you're still neighbors

[@roleresul]

...three-headed.....In Bosnia we call it "troglava aždaha"

[@bigpicturemediacompany2412]

I didn't' know anything about this, thanks for the explanation!

[@fayaqun0]

Well articulated

[@alibadrasowe1611]

Best explained 👍

[@ashish7898]

Wow....a great key point....

[@Hagedebu89]

Malaysia will always be friends with Bosnia.. Don't worry.. Malaysia had 9 king!!

[@sanin3213]

Thank you. Finally someone friendly here.

[@adolfhitler8111]

😍

[@anwardamienfadzly]

I'm Malaysian... FYi, All goverment decision and policy made by prime minister and his 32 ministers .. The 9 rotation King just a symbol of people unity... that's all

[@__Man__]

Malaysia has 9 kings, but all of them are Malays. Imagine having president coming from three different ethnic groups

Burek nije sirnica.

[@ttrieds8023]

But bosnia and herzegovina is a parliamentary republic. So their president only have seremonial role, and their real political leader is the prime minister.

[@milutinj]

Bosnia does not have a prime minister! The real political leaders are presidents of two Entities: Republic of Srpska and Federation of BIH

[@ttrieds8023]

@@milutinj so who is denis zvizdić?

[@milutinj]

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Council of ministers do not have real power, any disputed decision by entity members, is sent back to entity governments for final decision.

[@ttrieds8023]

@@milutinj i think that basicly what a federal state is.

@@milutinj E jesi i dosadan sa entitetima.Sta ce nam bezveze.Ovi politicari ovoliki samo mlate lovu i narod radi za njihove plate.Treba postaviti jednog predsjednika neka je i rom sto se mene tice,ukinuti entitete,imati samo opstine..e tada bi se zivjelo juh

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

I'm sure the system can be changed, but it'll probably require that all self-identified ethnicities carry identification with said ethnicity written somewhere so that the right ballot is given. Having multiple executives aren't actually an impossible system for example Switzerland has 7 and they also have multiple linguistic and cultural groups working together for the better of all.

[@ib368]

The problem with this entire system is that we who identify ourselves as ethnic Bosnians are not considered as a part of any constituent people. This is a problem because we do not have the right to run for presidency and change the Bosnian governmental system more effectively and finally make a citizen state. I sincerely hope we make progress.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@ib368 Me too, from the Americas.🌎

[@deznuces9342]

A perfect place to start a revolution!!!

[@pedjapantelic3463]

Perfect balance to stop another war.

[@kolobara08]

Quite the contrary, the population is very divided with extremely slim chance to ''unite'' and act as a single unit to oppose the system which we call strait-jacket. It's a primary example of divide and conquer(rule)!

[@banahezzer4632]

yes, qatar is very good place to do it

[@SuperMatej14]

Why Bosnia have 3 presidents, beacuse it is Yugoslavia 2.0, independance war of 90' was useless...

[@arianmartic7965]

True

[@HajajanI]

U mean 3.0?

[@kratos9433]

Bosnian civill war was for freedom

[@ICA509]

I think they're doing things as well as they can. Unless you're from Bosnia you have no idea how complex our history really is. The fact that no war has erupted in the past 25 years is encouraging enough. I remember people saying in the late 90s that it will take at least half a century before things are even somewhat back to normal. Imo this 3 president thing is complicated but necessary if we are to eventually rebuild into a healthy country

[@ib368]

I hear you, and I agree that the Dayton Peace Agreement has implemented peace, but this peace is just partial and hatred is still stirring in the background. I personally believe that the peace accord was very hastily done and its main “architects” did not fully understand Bosnia's history. Yes, I know, “who cares about history?” I hear people say all the time, but when you realize that division only escalated, the country’s national anthem is a cut-out of another piece and does not have its own lyrics, and the country’s flag is a clear smack in the face of Bosnia's history. Bosnia needs to become a republic, a country of its citizens and not its religious groups. Here is where the current system fails.

[@Gafnner]

No this Dayton agreement is bullshit.

[@terioze9]

Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs... They're the SAME: they speak the same language and they belong to the same ethnic group.

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

terioze9 split by religon and historical states

[@Molekulasti]

While they do belong to the same group called Slavs, they are very much different nations. Historically and in the end, culturally.

[@IsnotdeadTupac]

Yugoslavians

[@andrejvidovic1]

Everyone who speaks the Stokavian dialect (that mysterious language that people call Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin) has a Serbian ancestry as Serbs were the only ones historically to speak that language (Croats spoke Chakavian). Literally the only way to solve the problem in the west Balkans is for Croats, Bosniaks and Montenegrins to accept their Serbian identity and create a country with Serbia, otherwise this region will be the laughingstock of the world forever.

[@joeruther8801]

@@andrejvidovic1 Hahaha samo ti sanjaj

[@yusufbillow9963]

imagine doing a law exam leave alone history exam.

[@yurikimjongil]

Three Leaders Just like Kim il-Sung Kim jong-il and Kim jong-un

[@stipevukadin151]

Are you trolling? They are not perfect, but 1000x more human than Kim Jong.

[@kingkongcha]

This country should learn from Indonesia.

[@SuperMatej14]

What

[@jjsan7831]

RS is just a entity in Bosnia ❗️ long live bosnia and the bosniaks ❗️

[@juggernogaddict7954]

I'm skeptical since this is coming from quite the biased source, but I do agree on the end message (assuming everything they said in this video was true).

[@atumra4125]

If you are gonna have 3 presidents, you might as well split the country into 3: Croat majority areas to Croatia Bosniak majority area remains Bosnia Serb majority area to Serbia

[@adamdas5495]

The 100 well bosnia was a country for hundreds of years so why end it now?? Might aswell keep moving forward because eventually these old minded and old nationalistic people will die and the new generation will change how things are right now.

[@overlord165]

And then what? We carve up your country among ethnic lines too? City block by city block?

[@user-xc1fq2qy8y]

Kristijan Car i hope you agree that Republika Srpska should be serbian

[@bosniankingdom8244]

@Kristijan Car no it won't..

[@user-xc1fq2qy8y]

Kristijan Car lol my grandmother is from there. They hanged her uncle and burned all the Serbian churches in the war. That’s why there are croats there now.

[@tomkelly8827]

It makes me think that local governance with fairly weak nations is likely a better way to go. In Canada the Federal government is fairly weak while provinces have more power and municipalities have a fair bit of power as well. There is a balance that needs to be struck between simplicity and autonomy that is always tricky. But I really think that local governance is always best. If this crazy sounding system creates that and prevents war then hey I guess that is a good thing!

[@Multigia]

Same in Pakistan. Provinces are un more power than federal capital Islamabad.

[@milutinj]

Falls fact: "Bosniaks and Croats are stripped of their rights to run for presidency in Republika Srpska". Bosniaks and Croats do have the right and are running for presidency in RS, Ramiz Salkic (Bosniaks) was a candidate. And BiH does not have 3 presidents, rather 3 members of presidency where each 6 months they rotate as presiding of the presidency.

[@bcyourself]

This is an insane system!

[@NordwinterMihlberger]

i am a german MUSLiM, May ALLAH heLp the isLamic-Bosnian Akhis

[@SMA265]

Just when I thought my day was not good enough, FML... What's going on?

[@jinu66]

So Qatar is now democracy? equal right to women as of men? Labour rights???

[@jarvisb.6013]

@Mohd Khalid India and Thailand are ten times better than 100's of countries. Seriously what are you comparing them to? Come out of that cave yet?

[@tauceti8060]

@Crow29Darkness good

[@artoruvidal2793]

@Crow29Darkness So what Qatar is an Islamic country and islam doesn't allow homosexuality The world doesn't revolve around you and different believes = different perspectives and laws

[@alikhanmoazzam]

@@jarvisb.6013 No wonder y in Qatar there are millions of Thais and Indians

[@agilelynx2008]

My solution would be a parliamentary system with President as ceremonial position. If a bosniak becomes PM, then a serb would become president and a croat would become chairman of upper house. A bosniak cannot be PM and president. The ministries in cabinet would be divided in three and the PM can choose which ethnicity can have which ministry.

[@Sharul164]

I never imaging when indonesia like that

[@SaparHarai]

My head ia spinning, any one else....??

[@polat__]

Seems like independence was not solution for total ethnic segregation ,so sad. We share your pain too. Love you Bosnia and Herzegovina from Turkmensitan🇹🇲🇧🇦

[@khagan5951]

Which I find irritating. I do not understand how this many ethnic fights occur over in Central Asia when all of them except Tajiks are Turkic sharing history, culture and linguistics.

[@odilusporce8814]

@@khagan5951 the same for Bosnia. everyone is south slavic people, and yet they all hate each other

[@hamzamahdi104]

Love and respect for bosnia Herzegovina from Islamic republic of pakistan

[@jarvisb.6013]

Why tf would any nation want love or respect from a nation like Pakistan?

[@hamzamahdi104]

As pakistani shia Muslim we also victims of salafiism and wahabiism and you should know we did not sents salafi wahabi Saudi preachers to bosnia herzegvina must think?

[@hamzamahdi104]

@iqbal sahibil being Muslim and human we should not hijjack islam and kill innocents in reality islam is the name of peace,love,tolerance,help,duty, equality and humanity

[@nathanielclaw2841]

@iqbal sahibil 'love and respect' 'we dont want your love and respect you evil Men!' And here i was thinking only in fiction would exist people so cartoony ironic. You would think people would look at what they wrote and think 'hey, that doesnt seem right' but no, this right here is proof mankind can always sink even lower in the hole

[@nathanielclaw2841]

@iqbal sahibil good thing he was preaching hate, otherwise your comment would make no sense at all. Wait. He wasnt. You make no sense.

[@star_of_david8335]

What about the equality and democracy of Qatar..

[@alantan9863]

What to do? Yugoslavia just break up, despite having similarities with each other, a minor difference becomes a major difference.

[@HansBalneger]

What would you do then? Yugoslavia was only Yugoslavia because communist lords kept patriotism and identity down. You cannot force people to live together. In the West you force people but this will eventually fall.

[@pablosel3857]

I travelled to Mostar, Herzegovina on late July this year! Amazing country with amazing people, too bad it's still suffering from the scars of war.

[@jhangzhou1762]

One day herzegovina will be free

[@aditya.malladi]

Well at least they have democracy unlike........................ Qatar

[@miamarinovic933]

Aditya Malladi nah, Croats still cant pick their own president

[@ZeljeznicarHooligans]

@@miamarinovic933 and that's okay

[@kratos9433]

@@miamarinovic933 bosnian croats can annex federation of bosnia less than 6 months

[@rippedreaper7279]

Just when you thought democracy couldn't get any worse

[@MustafaAli-lb8dq]

Technically Lebanon is also sort of like that where the President, PM and Speaker of Parliment have equal power.

[@maki49574]

Dragon of Bosnia is rolling in his grave.

[@TheJonescola]

Semi autonomous regions with their own presidents to satisfy each ethnic group and a national president everyone can vote for.

[@JH-bh5lm]

Bosnians are not to blame for the complexity of our government. During the war of the 90s world community did everything in it's power to disable Bosnians to defend themselves against military aggression of serbia and croatia. Against all the odds Bosnian managed to get the upper hand and just before the aggressors where forced to run for ther lifes the world powers decided it's time to stop the war. If Bosnians were let to finish the job our country would have a simple government now. The complexity of our government is simply the fault of UN EU and the world so don't make the fun of it. We suffered in the war and we are still suffering just because of the "civilised world" shame on them.

[@nikankhamisi1175]

Now think about this, Iran is a geographical area which is home to up to 30 ethnic groups! And people with different ethnicities been living together for 2500 years and we all proud to be Iranian above our ethnic background.

[@jadziamedmar3652]

We are talking about The Land where the first World war began. So It's not that simple, there is much more than ethnic, and indeed we lived in one country with one Ruler it was very good Could not last for long

[@Adam-nw1vy]

You're probably a Farsi. I've others like Kurds, Balochs, Arabs, etc are subjected to enormous discrimination.

[@nikankhamisi1175]

@@Adam-nw1vy I’m not a “Farsi”. Farsi (Persian) is a language not ethnicity first of all. Secondly, I’m ethnically Turkish. Discrimination is everywhere you cannot control it. Depends on what you focus on. In İran, we focus on our commonality more than our differences. So those kind of ethnic propaganda doesn’t work on us. We’ve been a nation for 2500 years and will remain so.

[@Adam-nw1vy]

@@nikankhamisi1175 I beg to differ. The Iranian regime is extremely oppressive as we have seen from the recent protests. How could anyone dare show any dissent or have pride in their culture in a totalitarian regime like that? I've seen many people, specially from Balochistan, who don't want to be part of Iran. In any case, I personally don't mind if the whole world unites. What matters is justice, regardless of whether people are together or apart.

[@nikankhamisi1175]

@@Adam-nw1vy Who was talking about the regime? Regimes come and go but our Iranian identity continues to be. This kind of material that you’re talking about doesn’t work in İran.

[@mohdzainonbinomarzainon7502]

I am malaysia ....malay , chiness,india .....

[@thaipapayasalad]

But does the country have a prime minister or is it the 3 presidents who head the government?

[@alireact1827]

They can divide the country into 2 and each can have their independence. just like North Korea& South Korea. Or Sudan& South Sudan

[@novayu666]

and i thought my country's politics is already a mess...

[@e5krv7c6rpok68bt]

Switzerland has a federal council that has 7 members who rotate the presidency. Works fine for the Swiss. This system can work if one puts a mind into it.

[@Luka-zf2ye]

Serbs and Croats don't want it to work, they want open borders and trade with Serbia and Croatia, Bosniaks on the other hand push for complete independence from their neighbours, the only reason the country is together is because Serbs and Croats are constantly threatened with war and violence from Bosniaks, EU and NATO if they act out on their secessionist tendencies.

[@asyerria]

the system like malaysian king..having 9 state with their own king every 5 years the different king will rule the nation ..

[@anwardamienfadzly]

I'm Malaysian... FYi, All goverment decision and policy made by prime minister and his ministers .. The King just a symbol of people unity... that's all

[@fojnica2226]

no other way ...divide way is only.........greetings from central bosnia

[@markoforeskin3597]

Are the presidents not only the heads of state?

[@mohamadhafidal-ahyar2253]

Ow I have heard about it before, thanks God this system isn't implemented in my country If it was, we may have 300 presidents now :|

[@asgherali4388]

8 Hours Duty 8*3=24 one president Sleeping Other One wakeup

[@nenaddamjanovic8981]

They couldn't find the work because of so many in a parliament district members consultated presidency it's like a million people running the state

[@ephl_0131]

I am not from Bosnia & Hercegovina, nor do I (try to) have any political bias, but I think, the only way, this state can handle its problems (unemployment, the outdated political system, debt, corruption, ...) in a decent way, is to stop segregating the people by their ethnicity. Only united this state can make proper progress. Greetings from 🇦🇹 (the northernmost Balkan country 😉) to all Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs in BiH and elsewhere! 🇧🇦 🇭🇷 🇷🇸

[@angrybutgoodbosniak9128]

Do you agree ( 👍 ) or disagree ( 👎 ) with what the Serbs have done to thousands of Bosniak women and young girls,during that aggression on Bosnia, ( Stretch Them Out ) by force,and do you agree or disagree that i deserve a girl even know many called me ugly when its not my fault,and lied to , me ,many were really mean to me ,mostly my own kind….and how would they feel if we Bosniaks would be little devils like them and do it to their women and young girls??

[@pb1pb581]

what a medieval system!

[@maho473]

I think medieval system better than this

[@sahipkran9447]

Medieval system? This is a modern, democratic bullshit of a system.

Ahhh..Medieval system,or war...:(

[@banahezzer4632]

monarchy is a medieval system. just like qatar have, lmao.

@@banahezzer4632 So sad that bosniak ortodox and chatolics dont want unity and make some strong country

[@AshishGupta-ql9lq]

it's like yes minister extreme

[@harrywandi9829]

Why not bosnia and hertz implementing cycle system of presidency, which means for first 5 year, president from Bosniak ethnic is elected to be president, then in another next 5 year election, Croats elected and Serbs elected in the next 5 years after Croats. So people of bosnia and hertz only got a president only but every ethnic can be the president by using cycling system. You can refer on the presidency system in Singapore as recently they vacant the president seat only for malay community as their govt had reformed the constitution where, 'president seat need to be specialize on an ethnic if there's no people from that ethnic is elected to become the president of singapore'. Bosnia should do this system, it's an effective and equal for all ethnics in this country.

[@dizi2765]

Bosnia is so rich they can afford 6 presidents

[@markoforeskin3597]

"Trading Economics has listed B&H as the country with the second highest unemployment rate" Where? Europe?

[@adinadin9966]

Yes

[@cakeisyummy5755]

Yes, In Europe.

[@bigbrain5706]

This happend because of Amercians. when we declerd indpendent and serbia declerd a war. After 3 years we started winning a war. But Amercians threaten to Bosnia if bosnian army started to returns its territories they will bomb bosnia. And we then got 3 presedents. A ruined economy that is falling apart even more. Republika Srpsak wonts indpendent (50% of Bosnian territory). Thanks America a lot.

[@zekizockt5383]

🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦😍😍😍😍

[@danielholowaty2648]

Well most of the Bosnians habe moved to Austria/Germany/Swiss

[@NikhileshSurve]

United Yugoslavia probably wasn't a bad idea then.

[@SoftPillow501]

🇧🇦

[@NewRepublicMapper]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Country with Three Presidents Switzerland: Am i a joke to u

[@whatireadtoday4564]

A small complicated country.

[@aishagalayax300]

260 ministers?

[@juniornutshell]

They are not killing each other, therefore it works.

[@imsouw5342]

REPUBLIC OF SERBOSCRO PRESIDENT : SERBIA PRIME MINISTER : BOSNIA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS : CROATIA

[@n3utral496]

The familly of Alcapone and Corleone is kitty smoke for 3 presidents of Bosnia

[@jonathanliewnapitupulu8400]

While in Malaysia Have 13 States Which Have Own Kings In These States And Take Turn Every 5 Years To Rule Malaysia Goverment.

[@homerbriseno143]

CRAZY

[@raskolnjikov1]

How does it work? It doesn´t.

[@MajidAli-sc6xd]

Tanzania we have two president 😂😂🤣🤣

[@user-ne3zh7eb4t]

This is not a true. Bosniaks and Croats can vote for their candidate in Republica Serbska and u are saying that can't. A scam video

[@BLKPlutoh]

If the ethnic tension is so bad that you need a government this complicated, seems like you need to work on the tension. Nothing is going to get better before the tension does.

[@Luka-zf2ye]

There can not be any work on the tension, NATO has thrown it's full support behind the Bosniaks, since they are their allies they will support them in full no matter what they do and in turn completely alienate the Serbs and Croats. NATO will never get tough on the Bosniaks and extend any support to the Serbs for example because the Serbs are friends to Russia. And if there is one main NATO policy it's that there is no compromise with Russia.

[@user-yl2wm2gy3z]

3 presidents and 1 eu appointed dictator above them all. Next time try to tell the full story :)

[@Stoneface_]

Who's the appointed dictator?

[@otagamer9643]

Im from bosnia

[@enesamederel]

What was her name? I'm not sure but I fell in love in last six minutes and nine teen second

[@sammesamme-nlar2829]

After watching this, I understand why the serb leader wants to break away.

[@overlord165]

They are the ones who indirectly caused this problem in the first place. Never accept Serbs in large numbers into your country, I warn you.

[@rsbds5791]

Anar S. Serbs never invated the country the serbs has always lived there.

[@user-xc1fq2qy8y]

Anar S. before Bosnia existed that area belonged to serbia

[@overlord165]

@@user-xc1fq2qy8y And that's why almost all the Serbian monasteries and churches were built after the Turkish incursion?! The Turks used typical divide and conquer tactics on the Croats through muslim conversion (Bosniaks) and colonization by Orthodox (Vlachs and Serbs).

[@Bizzarobre]

So you are saying that Serbians wen't into Bosnia one day, started a war and after war they just stayed there and inhabited that land? Or more logical thinking could be that Serbs lived there for a long time and eventually when war broke out for whatever reason ppl started killing each other like in every war.

[@xinjkm4810]

So complicated that made my brain bleeds. So the three President was so supposed to be 6? LIKE WTF!!! 😂😂😂

[@justinian-the-great]

This is nothing in comparison to political systems in SFR Yugoslavia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

[@sofijamihajlovic6078]

Sad sam se rodio ubosni i nikad vise

[@knhmutknhmut9849]

Holy shift 😂😂

[@Celic1837]

That’s us😂😂

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

*Disclaimer: Only an idea.* Why not a single president with 2 deputies from native parliaments from the other ethnicities? Example: President is a Bosniak, 2 deputies will be a Croat and a Serb. - Anyone can be president no matter the ethnicity. - Deputies will represent the ethnicity and chosen from their native parliament. (Tripartite parliament instead, but similar to US states system and UK devolved government). They may not be in the succession. - National Parliament is for all representatives (no matter the ethnicity) voted in districts and such. May be bicameral or unicameral. - Courts will be subject to depending on the state. A Supreme Court does major and national related cases. - Executive cannot exceed 49% single ethnicity staff of his own ethnicity, as well as the other ethnicity. - Supreme Court staffed equally among the 3 ethnicities. A Chief Justice is chosen by candidacy through a Judicial board that confirms justices. Chief Justice role is equal among the others. - If districts are considered unethnically gerrymandered, courts may deem it illegal and redistrict it equally and properly. If other Justices protest, they may send it to the Hague. - Native Parliaments will make laws regarding their own ethnicity or states. Deputy is chosen from here. - Native laws can be struck down by the Supreme Court if deemed unconstitutional or plainly offensive to the other ethnicity. This way, a tripartite presidency is effectively abolished and deputies will instead be the voice of the 2 other ethnicities to the executive Deputies will perform consultative/advisory roles. They will also be included in the National Security Council.

[@koninkrijkdernederlanden8711]

3 presidents indeed are too much, but maybe 1 president is just too little. You then get unrighteous nonsense like in Lebanon with a Chistian president. Bosnia also can work with 2 presidents just like the SPQR's 2 consul system or the EU. Bosnia namely has the Croats and Bosniaks which can cooperate and the Serbs on the other hand.