LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATION AS A CONDITION OF POLITICAL STABILIZATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Sa？etak This paper analyzes three decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely: U-9/09 of 26 November 2010, U-23/14 of 1 December 2016 and U-3/17 of 6 July 2017, and their impact on the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The common denominator of these three decisions is proclaiming the general principle of democracy - the right to democratic decision-making by legitimate political representation. These decisions give a clear answer to the question of legitimate political representation in the houses of peoples, and in the houses of representatives, which is also applicable to the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, bearing in mind the fact of the constituency and equality of peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The implementation of these decisions is extremely important for the stabilization of the overall relations in BiH, and development of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a democratic state based on the equality of three constituent peoples and all its citizens