While the constitutional order was being demolished in the RS, Nikšić rejected Dodik's invitation for a meeting, Minister Lakić negotiated cooperation in Banja Luka!

(Patria) - While in the National Assembly of the RS everything was being prepared for an attack on the constitutional order of BiH and the adoption of laws that would dismantle the BiH Prosecutor's Office, the BiH Court, the HJPC and SIPA, which the RS Government had adopted the night before at a session, another meeting was taking place in Banja Luka at the level of the two entities and the state.

The meeting was held by the Federal Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry Vedran Lakić (SDP), the RS Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Đokić, and the Director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH Zoran Tegeltija. The media was officially informed about this meeting on February 28. Lakić was in Banja Luka attending the International Conference Balkan Solar Summit, which began on February 27.

However, on that same February 27, the day after the first-instance convicted President of the RS Milorad Dodik appeared before the BiH Court, he officially invited the President and Vice-Presidents of the FBiH, as well as the Prime Minister of the FBiH Nermin Nikšić and Deputy Prime Ministers, for talks on implementing the Dayton Peace Agreement with the leadership of the RS entity.

On the same day, Nikšić officially responded to that invitation, and in the letter he sent to Banja Luka, he stated, among other things, that he is not ready to participate in any negotiations or agree on any form of further political cooperation with the institutions of the Republika Srpska until all forms of unconstitutional, anti-Dayton, and anti-state activities are halted and annulled.

"This implies the revocation and annulment of all unconstitutional acts proposed by the Government and adopted or yet to be adopted by the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska or other bodies and organs of this entity, which challenge the jurisdiction and authority of state bodies and institutions, as well as institutions defined by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina," Nikšić stated.

Whether at that moment he knew or did not know that Lakić was in Banja Luka holding meetings with those who support the dismantling of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a question for Nikšić and Lakić. And that this meeting was not merely protocolary, but that a joint approach by the two entity ministries was being agreed upon, is shown by the statement that arrived from Lakić's cabinet.

"Also discussed was the prosumer project, whereby it was concluded that it would be useful for the two entities to launch a joint initiative towards the World Bank to secure credit funds for the implementation of this important project, which would be carried out by the competent electric power utilities. So far, the implementation of the project has been hampered by inconsistencies in regulations in the field of renewable energy sources and regulations on value-added tax. This problem should be resolved by adopting the Rulebook on Amendments to the Rulebook on the Application of the Law on Value Added Tax, which was prepared by the Indirect Taxation Authority. There was also discussion about the urgent need to introduce an ETS (emissions trading system) at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to create preconditions for possibly avoiding the application of CBAM on goods and products from BiH," it is stated, among other things.

Given the new situation, it is clear that these agreements will also have to wait, regardless of how detrimental this will be to the BiH economy.

Nikšić also stated in his letter to Dodik that any form of discussion on matters within the jurisdiction of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina can be conducted either through the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina or, in the case of considering political issues of the functioning of parliamentary majorities and political priorities of the state, in a format that presupposes the participation of the presidents or representatives of parliamentary parties at the level of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"I am sure you are aware that the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina establishes the obligation of the entities to provide every form of 'necessary assistance to the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to enable it to fulfill the international obligations of Bosnia and Herzegovina.'

I have no illusion that this letter will influence you to change your behavior so that we can build a society in which our citizens have the opportunity and right to live better, to live safely, in peace in their own country. As long as the authorities of the Republika Srpska entity continue to violate the Constitution and laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the provision that entities can conclude agreements with international organizations and other states only with the consent of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is no room for negotiations on any kind of political issues," Nikšić stated in his letter.