Premier resigns over proposal
From Times Wire Reports
Bosnian Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, an ethnic Serb, resigned over a proposed parliamentary change.
Miroslav Lajcak, a Slovak diplomat who is the top international administrator in the ethnically divided country, has proposed rules to change the way a quorum is calculated, to make it more difficult for lawmakers to block decisions by not showing up. Serbs fear that could lead to the end of their mini-state within Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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