RS to halt transfer of powers

Republic of Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik announced today there will be no new transfers of RS powers to Bosnia-Herzegovina. This is especially true of the state-level lawmaking, Dodik told the RS parliament in Banja Luka. RS to halt transfer of powers He recommended MPs to adopt a conclusion that the transfers from the entities to the state level have not been done in accordance to the Dayton Agreement, and that the jurisdiction transfer not approved by the RS parliament, must be reinstated. The parliament session started today, and was scheduled to discuss the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, reports said earlier on Monday. The session was called by RS President Rajko Kuzmanovic, triggered by speeches the presiding member of the Bosnian presidency, Haris Silajdzic, recently gave at the UN General Assembly and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The RS president submitted information on the political relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, stating that the RS parliament must express concern over the radicalization of political and international relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and that Banja Luka decisively rejects the demands of Bosniak politicians for a unitary state of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The RS parliament supports a preservation of the constitutional order of Bosnia-Herzegovina, while the constitution can be changed only in accordance with the procedures and through an agreement between the entities and the three constitutive nations, Kuzmanovic said in his report. He also stated that the entity’s parliament would “express its readiness to use its rights and political ability, including the right to a referendum for the RS citizens, in order to defend its legitimate interest and preserve its identity confirmed by the Dayton Peace Accords.” Kuzmanovic called on the MPs to adopt a stance with which every demand from the international community or the Muslim Croat Federation’s government to drastically decrease the authority of the RS, would be considered “an act that endangers the sovereignty and constitutional position of the RS.” Reacting to this, International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Miroslav Lajcak, called on the “ruling politicians to once and for all stop with the obstruction and threats to unilaterally change the Dayton Agreement, and turn towards the European priorities.” As the debate opened today, Serb Democratic Party official Borislav Bojic said that the discussions regarding the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina has come too late, which Serb Radical Party of RS official Milanko Mihajlica agreed with. The parliamentary session was attended by RS senior officials as well as Party of Democratic Action leader Sulejman Tihic, Party of Democratic Progress President Mladen Ivanic and Democratic National Alliance leader Marko Pavic.

RS to halt transfer of powers

He recommended MPs to adopt a conclusion that the transfers from the entities to the state level have not been done in accordance to the Dayton Agreement, and that the jurisdiction transfer not approved by the RS parliament, must be reinstated.

The parliament session started today, and was scheduled to discuss the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, reports said earlier on Monday.

The session was called by RS President Rajko Kuzmanović, triggered by speeches the presiding member of the Bosnian presidency, Haris Silajdžić, recently gave at the UN General Assembly and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

The RS president submitted information on the political relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, stating that the RS parliament must express concern over the radicalization of political and international relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and that Banja Luka decisively rejects the demands of Bosniak politicians for a unitary state of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The RS parliament supports a preservation of the constitutional order of Bosnia-Herzegovina, while the constitution can be changed only in accordance with the procedures and through an agreement between the entities and the three constitutive nations, Kuzmanović said in his report.

He also stated that the entity’s parliament would “express its readiness to use its rights and political ability, including the right to a referendum for the RS citizens, in order to defend its legitimate interest and preserve its identity confirmed by the Dayton Peace Accords.”

Kuzmanović called on the MPs to adopt a stance with which every demand from the international community or the Muslim Croat Federation’s government to drastically decrease the authority of the RS, would be considered “an act that endangers the sovereignty and constitutional position of the RS.”

Reacting to this, International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Miroslav Lajčak, called on the “ruling politicians to once and for all stop with the obstruction and threats to unilaterally change the Dayton Agreement, and turn towards the European priorities.”

As the debate opened today, Serb Democratic Party official Borislav Bojić said that the discussions regarding the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina has come too late, which Serb Radical Party of RS official Milanko Mihajlica agreed with.

The parliamentary session was attended by RS senior officials as well as Party of Democratic Action leader Sulejman Tihić, Party of Democratic Progress President Mladen Ivanić and Democratic National Alliance leader Marko Pavić.