Bosnian court orders Bosniak-Croat President detainment

by admin
Apr 27, 2013

A court in Bosnia has ordered the detainment of the President of the autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovinaon charges of corruption.

President Zivko Budimir was arrested on Friday and accused by prosecutors of taking bribes to pardon convicts.

Meanwhile the President's party, the Party of Justice and Trust, has accused the state's prosecutors of "meddling in politics".

Bosnia is split into two autonomous regions - the Bosniak-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina, and the Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska). Whilst each has its own president, government, parliament, police and other state bodies, there remains a central Bosnian government and alternating presidency.

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