With the general elections just over two months away in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the final candidate lists are being submitted to the Bosnian Central Electoral Commission. The commission will then determine how all of the candidates’ names will appear on the ballot for the October election. The president of the Platform for Progress, Mirsad Hakžikadić, says just by the luck of the draw, it appears his name will be first among the candidates running for the Bosniak Presidential Council seat. Such was the case back in 2018 as well. Hadžikadić spoke with me about how the overall campaign is shaping up. He also shared his thoughts about another recent memorial service held to pay respect to those who lost their lives in the 1995 genocide.

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For the fourth time, Mirsad Hadžikazdić joined thousands of others from around the world as together, they participated in the annual March of Peace to honor those who were massacred during the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. Over the course of three days, they made their way over the same rugged mountain trails where over 8,000 men and boys were slaughtered trying to flee the Serbian troops. As has been the case every year, Hadžikazdić was deeply touched and moved by the experience.

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Following a long and grueling three days, the final list of candidates for the October general elections was submitted by the July 4th deadline and is now under review by the Bosnia and Herzegovina election commission. In all, there will be 350 candidates from the Platform for Progress running for various offices.  And of course, Mirsad Hadžikadić will represent the Platform for Progress as its presidential candidate. I spoke with Hadžikadić about the final list of candidates, and his participation once again in the March of Peace, July 8-11, which honors those who were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

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It has been a whirlwind of activity for presidential candidate Mirsad Hadžikadić. Over the course of just 16 days in appeared at 12 town hall meetings throughout Europe. At the same time, the Platform for Progress, along with the coalition The Country, have been praying the list of candidates that will appear on the ballot for the general elections in October of this year. I recently spoke with Hadžikadić about his trip and the task at hand of getting the list of candidates finalized by the July 4th deadline.

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