Dodik in response to Komšić presents complete lies about the Constitution, the attack on the state must be prevented

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Željko Komšić, confirmed for Radio Free Europe (RSE) that a criminal complaint will be filed against responsible persons after the Law on Medicines and Medical Devices of the RS was published in the Official Gazette of Republika Srpska (RS).

Komšić emphasized that if the RS authorities continue like this and the BiH Prosecutor's Office does not react, force will eventually have to be used.

"The RS authorities clearly do not care about any warnings from the international community. Now, more than ever, it is up to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. If this continues, tomorrow the same will happen with the Armed Forces of BiH, with the judiciary, and when it happens, force will have to be used. If it is not used, it will mean that what they call a peaceful dissolution has been accepted," said Komšić.

Although Komšić did not mention the Serb member of the Presidency of BiH, Milorad Dodik, Dodik himself was the most qualified to respond to Komšić, thereby admitting that he, even more than the RS authorities, stands behind the attacks on the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In addition to accusing Komšić of not having "mentally left the war" and the Army of BiH even after 26 years, Dodik once again underlined his fundamental lie, namely that the steps he is taking are in accordance with the constitutional order and the Dayton Agreement.

"If what Komšić is saying is the best he knows, I inform him that the war is over and that Republika Srpska gained its rights through the Dayton Peace Agreement, which it defends in a peaceful and democratic way. If he continues to threaten with it, I expect the judiciary of the FBiH to start doing its job too," said Dodik.

Namely, RS did not gain any rights through the Dayton Agreement related to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska adopting laws by which the competencies of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina are taken away. Nor did it gain the right to form para-institutions under the same agreement. Quite the opposite.

Article III, point 5 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina clearly states that:

"Bosnia and Herzegovina shall assume jurisdiction over such matters as shall be agreed upon by the Entities; matters which are provided for in Annexes 5-8 of the General Framework Agreement; or which are necessary for the preservation of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and international subjectivity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with the division of competencies among the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additional institutions may be established as necessary to carry out these competencies.".

Therefore, according to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina has taken over the competencies of the entities through decisions of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly. The return of these competencies is possible only through the Parliament and not through the entity assemblies. Therefore, Dodik's response to Komšić is completely meaningless, and in the function of the lies that Dodik habitually uses, and in this, as well as in attacks on the state, Dodik must be prevented, because the state has no price.