Denying Bosnian language means denying Dayton Peace Accord

The government of Republika Srpska denies Bosnian language even though the Dayton Peace Accord which RS officials like to call upon as that is their guarantee of survival of this entity, was signed in Bosnian, Serb and Croat languages. The document was signed on 14 December 1995 by President of RBiH Alija Izetbegovic, President of Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic and President of Republic Croatia Franjo Tudjman.

Journalist and political analyst Mirnes Kovac told Patria that Dayton Peace Accord was signed in BOSNIAN LANGUAGE. Therefore, those who deny Bosnian language, also deny the Dayton Accord.

- Shall we abolish Dayton? Then we go back to the square one and get to lose so much: the peace, the RS, the future and progress for all people in BiH, Kovac said.

On the other hand, the Constitutional Court of BiH also confirmed that the constitutional right of Bosniak people is to name its language any way they wish. Any deviation in practice would mean violation of the BH Constitution, but also that of Constitution of RS.

Also, the Constitutional Court of BiH has inter alia stipulated that the Constitution of BiH does not stipulate that names of languages spoken by constitutional peoples have to be tied to the name of constitutional people. This regulation does not give any right to the government of RS to determine name of the language spoken by Bosniaks opposite of their constitutional right to name their language any way they want.

The name of language cannot be subject to linguistic rules either, as the constitutional right to the name of language cannot be separated from the language content, standards etc. The disputed regulation does not prevent either Bosniaks or anyone else to name their language as they wish. Therefore, this concept of disputed regulation follows the position that the Constitution of BiH gives the rights to all the constitutional people, including Bosniaks to name their language as they wish.