Cvitanović on Dodik's Law: BiH Constitutional Court cannot be a more original Dayton than what Republika Srpska refers to

(Patria) - The President of HDZ 1990, Ilija Cvitanović, believes that by adopting the Law on Non-application of Decisions of the Constitutional Court of BiH in the territory of that entity last night, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska has once again opened a political, and even constitutional-legal crisis in the already complicated relations in BiH.

- The decision of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, according to constitutional-legal experts who understand constitutional-legal matters, as well as others who can say something about the nature of the adopted regulation, points out that this law is disputable on many grounds - says Cvitanović.

He states that decisions of entity parliaments cannot have suspensive effects on decisions of state authorities, and thus not on the Decisions of the Constitutional Court of BiH.

- It is understood that this is not a legal issue, but a need to send strong political messages from the ruling coalition in Republika Srpska in this way.

The Constitutional Court of BiH is a Dayton category, it is listed and elaborated as an institution in the Constitution of BiH and was accepted as such by the Serb side during the peace talks.

It is known that the political leadership in Republika Srpska always bases its political endeavors and demands on the thesis of applying the original Dayton as the political-legal basis for the organization of BiH.

In this regard, the Constitutional Court of BiH as such cannot be a more original Dayton institution - Cvitanović stated.

He emphasizes that Dayton is an international agreement, a treaty that all parties have agreed upon and as such cannot be a smorgasbord, where one only takes what they like.

- Therefore, I believe that the efforts of the NSRS through this law are an expression of unilateral will and an act of gross assault on the institutions of BiH, which is not good.

I can understand the desires and efforts to find solutions on certain issues, but they must be the result of consensus, not political or legal violence.

Therefore, I appeal for everyone to return to the framework of normal and civilized political dialogue, to discuss problems and seek solutions - emphasizes Cvitanović.

The institutions of BiH, he adds, are the place where these matters should be discussed and agreed upon, and anything else will be a "dead-end policy" that will bring nothing good to the state or the peoples living in it.

- All three constituent peoples have the right and obligation to participate in the institutions of this country, and no one can and must deny them that right.

Only a policy of respect and agreement can be beneficial for all three constituent peoples and other citizens of BiH.

Producing permanent political crises, this time by assaulting the constitutional-legal order of BiH, and on the original Dayton to which they refer, is not a path to finding solutions, but is aimed at destabilizing the state.

If the entire situation does not return to institutional frameworks where the principle of political dialogue will prevail, as the basis for making political decisions and the legislative activity of entity parliaments, the institutions of the BiH Prosecutor's Office, as well as the Office of the High Representative for BiH, will have to react - concluded Cvitanović.