New BiH parliament holds first session

The House of Representatives of the central parliament held its first session Tuesday (November 30th) since the October 3rd general elections. The chamber is composed of 42 lawmakers — 28 from the Federation of BiH and 14 from Republika Srpska. The Social Democratic Party, which emerged as the most popular Bosniak party, will hold eight seats, while the Party of Democratic Action will have seven. The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, the major Bosnian Serb party, won eight seats. Lawmakers will elect members of the parliament’s presidency in about three weeks.