Bosnia election results set to bring little change (Video)

(3 Oct 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Sarajevo - 2 October 2022 1. Ballot box emptied onto table HEADLINE TEXT: Bosnia election results set to bring little change 2. Ballots on table 3. Wide of election officials counting ballots 4. Tilt down from official to ballot ANNOTATION: Polls closed in Bosnia on Sunday. Voters were choosing new leaders from established candidates and challengers promising to end corruption. 5. Close up of ballots 6.  Wide of vote counting ANNOTATION: The election included contests for the three members of Bosnia's shared, multi-ethnic presidency, the president of one of its two autonomous parts, 7. Close up of ballots ANNOTATION: and parliament deputies at different, in part overlapping, levels of governance. 8. Denis Becirovic, opposition candidate for Bosniak seat in presidency, being congratulated 9. Becirovic being congratulated 10. Wide of press conference ANNOTATION: The preliminary results showed reformist Denis Becirovic on course to win the Bosniak seat in the tripartite presidency. 11. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Denis Becirovic, vice-president of the Social Democratic Party: "Citizens of Bosnia - I wish to tell you that we all need to change for better. Look at our rivers, prettiest in Europe, but they are filled with trash. This is not the fault of Dodik, Izetbegovic or Covic. In this country we all need to change. Dear friends, I was not giving false promises during the campaign. I know what we must do and that we need to move forward to change." 12. Zeljko Komsic, candidate for Croat seat in presidency, on stage and being cheered by supporters ANNOTATION: Zeljko Komsic, who ran on fighting corruption and clientelism in public office, declared victory for the Croat seat in the shared presidency. 13. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Zeljko Komsic, Croat candidate for presidency: "Congratulations to all citizens of Bosnia for this victory of my party and myself. Now we can really talk about, I would not say radical, but definitely big changes in Bosnia Herzegovina." ASSOCIATED PRESS Banja Luka - 3 October 2022 14. Milorad Dodik and Zeljka Cvijanovic at news conference 15. Wide of press conference ANNOTATION: The two reformists are likely to be joined by Zeljka Cvijanovic from the strongest Bosnian Serb party. 16. Dodik hugged by a supporter ANNOTATION: If the preliminary results hold, Cvijanovic will take over from her party's boss, Milorad Dodik, who chose to run for the president of Bosnia's Serb-run ANNOTATION: part rather than seek a second term in the shared, countrywide presidency. 17. Jelena Trivic greeted by supporters 18. Wide of Trivic surrounded by supporters ANNOTATION: Both Dodik, and his main contender, Jelena Trivic, proclaimed victory in the race for the Bosnian Serb president. 19. Wide of Trivic at news conference 20. Mid of Dodik with supporters ANNOTATION: Their claims will be tested when the preliminary results of the presidential ballot for Bosnia's Serb-run part are announced later on Monday. 21. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milorad Dodik, SNSD leader and Republic of Srpska presidential candidate: "Such a result and such a trend, absolutely guarantees that we can be serious now when we say that SNSD candidate, or myself, won this presidential election." 22. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Jelena Trivic, opposition PDP leader (Party of Democratic Progress): "Yes. This was the victory of the people. As I said many times, during the campaign, this should not be my personal victory nor personal victory for any of us. This should be the victory for Republic of Srpska." ASSOCIATED PRESS Sarajevo - 2 October 2022 Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cfb372e9ed524709b091e67a49552ca7