Polls close in Bosnia as international overseer changes election rules

Election Commission officials count votes after general election in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Polls opened Sunday in Bosnia for a general election that is unlikely to bring any structural change despite palpable disappointment in the small, ethnically divided Balkan country with the long-established cast of sectarian political leaders. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Polls have closed in Bosnia’s general election in which voters chose their new leaders from a long-established cast of sectarian candidates and their challengers who pledged to eradicate corruption in government.

Moments after vote counting started, Bosnia’s international overseer, Christian Schmidt, announced in a YouTube video that he was amending the country’s electoral law “to ensure functionality and timely implementation of election results”.