Constitutional Court of RS rejects request of the Bosniak People's Caucus

(Patria) - The Constitutional Court of RS today rejected the last request of the Bosniak People's Caucus delegates in the Council of Peoples of RS concerning the violation of vital national interests, as the court declared itself incompetent.

The subject of the decision of the Council for the Protection of Vital Interests of the Constitutional Court of RS was the admissibility of the request by the Bosniak People's Caucus delegates in the Council of Peoples of RS to determine the violation of the vital national interest of the Bosniak people in the Conclusion on the adoption of the Information on the activities of the institutions of RS and representatives from RS in the institutions of BiH regarding the intentions of the Republic of Croatia to dispose of radioactive and nuclear waste at the Trgovska Gora location.

The Information and Conclusion were voted on at the tenth regular session of the National Assembly of RS held on July 9, 2024.
The President of the Bosniak People's Caucus delegates in the Council of Peoples of RS, Alija Tabaković, previously stated after the session of the Council of Peoples that this caucus did not initiate the mechanism for the protection of vital national interests due to the activities of the competent authorities.
- The information prepared by the Ministry of Ecology of RS was not disputed by us, as the disposal of waste would endanger the health of people in BiH, but rather the use of the phrase "joint institutions of BiH". I remind you that the Constitutional Court of BiH clearly stated two years ago in an appeal that the use of such a phrase alongside the institutions of BiH would change the meaning and the BiH Constitution. Therefore, alongside the institutions of BiH, there would be some other institutions, which is an unacceptable phrase for us Bosniaks, or the Bosniak Caucus, which ties our identity to BiH - stated Tabaković.
The Bosniak Caucus wants, as he said, to draw the attention of both the Government and the National Assembly of RS not to use "unconstitutional words". Unfortunately, as he states, there was again no understanding and support from the proposer and the National Assembly of RS itself, so the Council of Peoples did not reach an agreement. As no agreement was reached at the session of the Joint Commission of the National Assembly of RS and the Council of Peoples, the request of the Bosniak Caucus was forwarded for decision to the entity's Constitutional Court.
- Given that the disputed conclusion does not have the character of a general act for the consideration of which the Constitutional Court of RS, i.e., the Council for the Protection of Vital Interests of this court, is competent, the Council determined that it is not competent to consider the subject act, which is why it did not accept the mentioned request of the Bosniak People's Caucus delegates in the Council of Peoples of RS - is the explanation of the Constitutional Court of RS.