The Platform for Progress had hoped to pick up at least two of the 35 available city council seats during the local elections in Mostar.  Mirsad Hadzikadić, president of the Platform for Progress, said this would have been a remarkable accomplishment for such a young political party in this ethnically divided city that had not seen a local election for 12 years.  However, it was not to be.  During my recent conversation with Hadzikadić, he said the reports of and evidence of unprecedented fraud that occurred throughout the process made that dream impossible.  

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For the first time in 12 years, citizens in the city of Mostar will be headed to the polls to elect city council members.  For the last several week’s candidates from the Platform for Progress have been involved with an aggressive grassroots campaigning strategy.  Getting out, walking the streets, meeting and greeting the citizens of the city.  The president of the Platform, Mirsad Hadzikadic, has walked with each of the candidates vying for city council seats.  We spoke just three days prior to the election about its significance for the city and the country as well.  And the interesting dynamic that the Platform, due to its growth and popularity, is now becoming a political powerbroker.  

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Newly elected Platform for Progress candidates who will serve on city council seats across Bosnia and Herzegovina recently gathered together to discuss their recent victories and to plan strategies moving forward.  As Mirsad Hadzikadic told me in our recent discussion, they are all now learning the nuances of now being an elected official, their responsibilities to the citizens of those towns and of course the Platform as a whole.  We also spoke about the ongoing campaign for council seat candidates in upcoming elections in Mostar.

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