“TI BiH: The Central Election Commission (CEC) does not penalize the misuse of public resources, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) refuses to provide an authentic interpretation of the Election Law.”

News, Press releases 05 September 2024

Sarajevo, September 5, 2024 – In the past two months, Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) has submitted 90 reports related to violations of election legislation. So far, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has imposed 14 sanctions based on TI BiH’s reports,...

TI BIH PRESENTED A REPORT: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PUBLIC SPENDING BEFORE THE ELECTIONS, AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTION LAW DID NOT PREVENT ABUSE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES

Press releases 07 August 2024

Sarajevo, August 7, 2024: In the last month, Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted 50 reports to the competent institutions due to irregularities in the pre-election period, which mostly relate to misuse of public resources and premature campaigning. Based on reports from...

Meeting of TI BiH representatives with Central Election Commission members

News 06 October 2023

Representatives of Transparency International BiH (TI BiH) Ivana Korajlić, Milena Mastalo and Srđan Traljić held a meeting with the members of the Central Election Commission of BiH at its headquarters in Sarajevo. The topics were past cooperation as well as future activities in the field of...

Seminar on identifying the use of public funds in election campaigns: Towards a more transparent and responsible management of public finances

News 18 September 2023

In the organization of the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accounting (CIPFA) from the United Kingdom and with the support of Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), a seminar “The role of financial audit in revealing the use of public funds for election...

TI BiH welcomes the recommendation for conditional candidate status, but warns that the situation in BiH has deteriorated dramatically

Press releases 13 October 2022

Banja Luka, October 13th, 2022 – Transparency International in BiH (TI BIH) welcomes the decision of the European Commission to recommend the conditional granting of candidate status, which is positive news for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the context of new geopolitical relations, but warns...

Before the elections, 278 million BAM from the budget was distributed to voters. The parties have spent 9.6 million BAM on the campaign

Press releases 29 September 2022

Sarajevo, September 29, 2022 In the past three months, Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) recorded over two thousand examples of the use of public funds for election promotion, and the Central Election Commission (CIK) received the first reports regarding this occurrence,...

TI BiH: Misuse of public resources for the election campaign is still dominant, a map of pre-election works and spending is also presented

Press releases 31 August 2022

Sarajevo, August 31, 2022 In the past two months, Transparency International observers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) recorded over 1,300 examples of the use of public resources for the promotion of parties and candidates and a significant increase in public spending in the pre-election period....

TIBIH published monitoring results: Huge increase in pre-election public spending, numerous examples of abuse of public resources for electoral purposes

Press releases 02 August 2022

Sarajevo, August 2, 2022: Political parties have already started holding pre-election rallies and paid election campaigns, which are prohibited by the Election Law before the official start of the election campaign, which is why TI BIH sent 22 reports to the Central Election Commission. In addition...

TI BiH strongly condemns the imposition of amendments to the Election Law

Press releases 28 July 2022

Banja Luka, 28 July 2022 – TI BiH feels that the imposition of amendments to the Election Law by the High Representative is completely unacceptable, and strongly condemns this step, considering it to be irreconcilable with the principles of democracy. The imposition of amendments to the...

TI BIH has started monitoring the pre-election process: Invitation to citizens to report election irregularities

Press releases 07 July 2022

The focus of the monitoring will be the behavior of parties and candidates, misuse of public resources for party promotion, assessment of election campaign costs, as well as the behavior of public institutions and companies in the pre-election process. Also, all violations of the rules of conduct...

Public call for training of civil servants – prevention of misuse of public resources for election purposes

Public call 11 May 2022

The Anti-Corruption Association Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina announces: PUBLIC INVITATION to apply for civil servants for online training on preventing the misuse of public resources for election...

PUBLIC INVITATION to register observers for monitoring the 2022 election campaign

Public call 10 May 2022

The Anti-Corruption Association “Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina” announces:   PUBLIC CALL for the application of observers to monitor the election campaign   Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BIH), together with partner...

TI BiH: Reform of the election process must be transparent

Press releases 01 December 2021

Banja Luka, 1. December 2021. – Transparency International BiH (TI BiH) welcomes the intensification of efforts of the international community, primarily the United States and the European Union on the much-needed reform of electoral legislation, but the whole process must be transparent and...

Transparency International in BiH presented recommendations for improving the election legislation

Press releases 21 May 2021

At today’s conference, Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) presented the results of the monitoring of the election campaign for the Local Elections 2020. as well as recommendations for improving the legal framework in the field of electoral legislation. At the...

TI BiH organizes conference “Integrity of the election process in Bosnia and Herzegovina”

Press releases 20 May 2021

Sarajevo, 20. May 2021 – On the occasion of presenting recommendations for changing the legal framework in the field of electoral legislation and initiating a public debate on this topic, TI BiH is organizing a conference “Integrity of the electoral process in Bosnia and...

TI BiH warns: Abuse of the name of the organization when reporting election irregularities

Press releases 10 November 2020

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) warns the public and all competent authorities about the misuse of the organization’s name and false representation. On September 30, 2020, unknown persons submitted a report from the e-mail address...

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