Russia is the only member state of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) that regularly gives different opinions compared to other members.
Despite the fact that it once supported all resolutions that strengthened and justified state institutions, Russia now openly supports the anti-state policy of the Republika Srpska (RS) entity.
The only country that openly supports the government’s policy in RS is Russia. Thus, they recently supported the adoption of the draft law on the entity’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC), which means that the entity derogates the state and its institutions. All other PIC members clearly condemned the move.
Russia, on the other hand, openly supported RS and criticized the West. They absolutely justify the policy of establishing an entity HJPC, justifying it by striving to create an independent judicial system.
And how was it before?
After the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PABiH) adopted the Law on the HJPC in 2004, with the support of the Russian Federation, Security Council Resolution 1575 was adopted, expressing support for the implementation of the Dayton Agreement in strengthening BiH institutions and building a fully functioning self-sustaining state which is capable of integrating into European structures.
This position was repeated in a number of subsequent Security Council resolutions, which were voted for by the Russian Federation itself.
The Russian Embassy, contrary to these resolutions, as well as the decision of the BiH Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of the state HJPC (U 11/08), supports the anti-Dayton activities of the National Assembly of RS (NARS) in the process of disintegrating the HJPC.
To recall, in 2008, twelve parliamentarians from the RS filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court, asking them to declare theadoption of the law on the HJPC, claiming that it was passed unconstitutionally. However, on January 30th, 2009, Constitutional Court judges David Feldman, Miodrag Simovic, Valerija Galic, Tudor Pantiru, Mato Tadic, Constance Grewe,and Krstan Simic ruled that the PABiH had passed a law on the HJPC in accordance with the Constitution.
Since the Embassy of the Russian Federation constantly declaratively opposes foreign interference in the internal affairs of BiH, it should first stop interfering in the internal affairs of BiH, especially because its interference violates the decisions of sovereign institutions of BiH and Security Council resolution.
If representatives of the government or opposition from the RSentity believe that a state law is incomplete, inconsistent with needs, inadequate, and the like, then it should be changed in the state parliament, the only place where it is possible to do such a thing.
E.Dz.
Source: Klix.ba
