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SARAJEVO, July 23 (FENA) - At today's referendum in the Sarajevo municipality of Stari Grad, the voters opted for the impeachment of the incumbent municipal mayor, Ibrahim Hadžibajrić.
According to preliminary and unofficial results, 77.61 percent of the voters voted "for" and 21.68 percent voted "against" at 46 polling stations.
More than 50 percent of the total number of voters who took to the referendum were needed to impeach Hadžibajrić. The turnout by 7 p.m. was 13.22 percent or 4,786 out of a total of 36,193 registered voters.
The referendum on the impeachment took place after Ibrahim Hadžibajrić was arrested, and the decision to initiate the impeachment of the municipal mayor was made by the Stari Grad Sarajevo Municipal Council at an extraordinary session held on June 12, 2023.
Considering that the referendum succeeded and that the citizens impeached the incumbent municipal mayor, the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina will make a decision in the coming period on holding extraordinary elections within 60 days.
(FENA) S. R.
