Bosnia's Central Election Commission Photo: Anadolu

Some seven months ahead of general elections in Bosnia, the political parties and media are already in full pre-election campaign mode.

That has become clearly visible from the recent assaults on Bosnia’s Central Election Commission, CIK, over the last few days.

The accusations that some politicians and media made over the last few days – regardless of whether they were grounded – did more than just reveal the lack of political decency in the country.

They also threatened to seriously undermine this troubled state body, and at the same time jeopardise the outcome of the October elections – all this in the name of protection of Bosnia's statehood, which these same politicians and media claim to stand by.