EAST SARAJEVO, November 15 (FENA) - Ljubiša Ćosić of the SNSD will be the first directly elected mayor of East Sarajevo. He declared his election victory tonight.
"Special thanks to those who supported me, because they recognized what we did together was much better than it has been so far. East Sarajevo has shown that it wants to change and to be a compact city," said Ćosić.
After the amendments to the Election Law of the entity of Republika Srpska, the citizens of the municipalities of Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Pale, Trnovo, Istočni Stari Grad, Istočna Ilidža and Sokolac had the opportunity to directly elect a mayor for the first time. So far, mayors have been elected indirectly.
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