Schmidt imposes election-law changes on election night
On 2 October 2022, as polls closed in Bosnia and Herzegovina's general election, High Representative Christian Schmidt imposed changes to the election law and the Federation constitution meant to unblock government formation.
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On 2 October 2022, as polls closed in Bosnia and Herzegovina's general election, High Representative Christian Schmidt imposed changes to the election law and the Federation constitution meant to unblock government formation. Reports that he would impose such changes had circulated beforehand, and Bosniak parties protested the timing.
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Christian Schmidt
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Schmidt imposes election-law changes on election night. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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Factrail. (2026). Schmidt imposes election-law changes on election night. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/schmidt-imposes-election-law-changes-2022-10-02
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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