More than five months after elections, the Federation entity remains without a new government. Negotiations between the SDA, DF, and HDZ fell apart this week as the parties failed to agree on the distribution of seats.
Izetbegovic said the SDA had moderated its initial request and settled for seven rather then eight ministerial positions – but that was still not sufficient to accommodate requests from the HDZ and DF, each of which wants six.
Negotiations are expected to continue on Sunday. “We are aware of what is expected from us,” Komsic said. However, talks were complicated by the fact that the DF had doubled its demands and sought six posts instead of three as it had demanded earlier.
