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After a week of demonstrations in front of the Bosnian parliament in Sarajevo, protesters continue to occupy the forecourt of the building to demand an end to political deadlock over the issuing of ID numbers, while the movement “has been transformed into a civil revolt that has spread across the country — the biggest of its kind since the end of the war” in 1995, writes Dani.
Dubbed the “Baby Revolution” or “Babolution”, the demonstrations were initially sparked by the case of a baby in need of medical treatment abroad who could not be provided with a passport, in the wake of the suspension of ID number registration for newborns in February of this year. However, the movement has grown in scope and is now targeting a wide range of problems associated with the country’s government and parliament.
Serbian and Croatian ministers and MPs, who have refused to sit in the Sarajevo assembly, accuse Muslim political parties of organising the demonstrations. The protesters have issued an ultimatum to politicians to adopt the law on identity numbers by June 30.
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