President of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska Nedeljko Čubrilović invited yesterday the ambassadors of the Council for Implementation of Peace in BiH to “not succumb to pressures of Bosniak politicians who demand the imposition of decisions and to accept the fact that the Decision on referendum on the Day of RS was reached in accordance with the Constitution, law and the Dayton Agreement”.
“I want to reiterate that there is a legal basis, both constitutional and legal, for organizing and holding the referendum. A stronghold for holding the referendum is in the articles 70 and 77 of the Constitution of Republika Srpska and the Law on Referendum and Civil Initiative,” emphasized Čubrilović.
Čubrilović reminded the ambassadors of the Council for Implementation of Peace that the National Assembly of RS, in accordance with the rules of the Constitutional Court, submitted a request to that court on June 17 demanding the review of their decision on January 9, but until this day the request has not been answered.
“It is clear that the Decision by the Constitutional Court on the Day of RS is not legal, but political decision reached on the basis of requests submitted to the court by the leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Bakir Izetbegović. It is also clear that referendum on the Day of RS does not derogate that decision in any way, nor it is any kind of rehearsal for other referendums. Referendum on the Day of RS is a response to the violent desire of Izetbegović to decide which dates Republika Srpska can and cannot celebrate,” Čubrilović said.
Čubrilović told the ambassadors of the Council for Implementation of Peace that the referendum on the Day of RS “does not violate the legal-constitutional framework of the country nor the integrity and sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is why there is no basis for possible imposition of solutions in this case”.
“Those who want agreement and compromise can solve a problem easily. If the Constitutional Court of BiH reviewed the decision on January 9 based on the request by the National Assembly of RS, we would also reconsider our decision on holding the referendum. That is why it is clear that the decision that can lead to a compromise is in the hands of the Constitutional Court of BiH. It is clear that this political verdict is aimed at preventing the RS from marking the date that occurred before the war conflicts. That is why this Decision by the Constitutional Court is political, because its aim is to prove that the RS did not exist before the Dayton. That, of course, is not true, because BiH in Dayton was created on the sovereignty of two entities and RS, just like the FBiH, is a signatory of the Dayton Peace Agreement in one part,” Čubrilović stated.
(Source: klix.ba/photo: ocdn.eu)
