Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Zeljko Komsic said that he joins the call of his colleague Denis Becirovic and appeals to the three parties to preserve the dignity of the Constitutional Court by not fulfilling the political wishes of Dragan Covic and the HDZ and to give priority to expertise, not to politics when voting.
At a time when we have a serious problem with the absence of staff in the Constitutional Court of BiH and when the current government from the Republika Srpska (RS) entity requests the withdrawal of one more judge from the Constitutional Court, and when the right of foreign judges to be part of the Constitutional Court is challenged, any decision on the election of judges in the Constitutional Court that would give priority to politics over law and the expertise would only further encourage those who are trying in every possible way to obstruct the work of this state institution,” Komsic’s statement states, adding:
“The previous practice where the selection of judges of the Constitutional Court took place with the exclusive consent of the ethnic parties and the international community (HDZ – SDA – SNSD), as well as the abuse of that same influence on the work of the judges of the Constitutional Court, which, depending on the circumstances and cases, was exercised by ethnic parties and the international community, shows all the perniciousness of such policies and moves when it comes to the work of one of the most important state institutions.”
Komsic points out that it is high time that this practice be stopped and that in the work of such important institutions priority be given to expertise, not politics.
“I join the call of my colleague Denis Becirovic, and I appeal to the three parties to preserve the dignity of the Constitutional Court by not fulfilling the political wishes of Dragan Covic and the HDZ, and to give priority to expertise, not to politics when voting,” says Komsic, and emphasizes:
“Representatives of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) Parliament have a historical responsibility. Wrong decisions will not be corrected even in two decades, and the consequences for the state may be greater than what is imagined at this moment.”
