Information on the request for review was adopted along with 12 conclusions

Date: 
27.02.2017 - 10:00

National Assembly adopted tonight at the 22nd  Special Session Information on the request for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the lawsuit BiH against Serbia and Montenegro.
National Assembly with 46 votes for, 23 abstentions and none against has adopted the conclusions regarding information on the application for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice.
Conclusions regarding the information on the application for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the lawsuit BiH against Serbia and Montenegro:

  1. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska rejects and strongly condemns the decision of the Bosniak political leaders in BiH to initiate a revision of the judgment by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which was adopted against the will of the other constituent people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We believe that this decision represents the most direct violation of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the General Framework Agreement for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    2. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska believes that this method of decision-making, supposedly in the name of Bosnia and Herzegovina, used by representatives of the Bosniak people, and without respect for the procedures provided  by the Dayton Peace Agreement, and without the participation of the other constituent people in decision-making on behalf of BiH, requests urgent and clear response of the international community, and countries that are guarantors of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
    3. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska believes that because of this action of the Bosniak political leadership has reaffirmed the necessity that the decisions of vital interest for the Republic of Srpska and constituent Srpska people, which are made at the level of common institutions,  is necessary to get the consent of the institutions of the Republic of Srpska, in order for the Dayton position of the Republic of Srpska, as well as the rights and position of Srpska constituent peoples in BiH to be adequately represented and protected.
    4. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska calls on all representatives of the Republic of Srpska in BiH institutions to use all legal and political means in order to prevent making any decision on the level of the common institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, until the vital issues of the Republic of Srpska are resolved as are acst in connection with the Court and Prosecution of BiH, resolving the issue of property and other issues.
    5. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska urges all political actors in the Republic of Srpska to all matters of special importance for the Republic of Srpska show the necessary unity, seriousness and responsibility towards the Republic of Srpska.
    6. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska stands firmly on the position of defense of the Dayton Peace Agreement and the rights that the Republic of Srpska after that agreement belong.
    7. The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska indicates the necessity of passing laws on the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and launching parliamentary procedures that would allow the departure of international judges from the Constitutional Court.
    8. National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska obliges Government of the Republic of Srpska to, in cooperation with representatives of the Republic of Srpska at the level of joint bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in order to strengthen the European path, prepare response of the Republic of Srpska to all current issues that will be sent from all relevant international institutions.
    9. National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska rejects the practice of unilateral decision-making and the usurpation of the common institutions of BiH.
    10. National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska believes that BiH Presidency member Bakir Izetbegović violated the Constitution of BiH and requested initiation of criminal responsibility against all those who took part in the launch of a legitimate audit judgment MCJ.
    11. National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska asks the institutions at the state level and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to fulfill all the previous steps of the letter of intention which are conditions for the realization of the reform agenda towards the European Union.
    12. National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska believes that on the way to the European Union the continued existence of the office of High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina is unjustified and therefore, as a party of Annex 10 of the Dayton Peace Agreement, requires the elimination of this institution.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska started today at 13.00,  22nd  Special Session, on whose agenda one item was adopted: Information on the request for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia and Montenegro.

Guests at the session were: the President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić, Prime Minister Željka Cvijanović, chairman of the Council of Peoples of the Republic of Srpska Nada Tešanović, deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Mladen Bosić, president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Srpska Džerard Selman, Consul General of the Republic Serbia in Banja Luka Vladimir Nikolić.

The special session is scheduled on the request of caucuses SNSD, DNS, SP, SDS-K and independent MPs Ilija Stevančević and Zlatko Maksimović.

Explaining in the name of the proposer Information on the request for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the case against Serbia and Montenegro, the head of the SNSD caucus Radovan Višković said that there are no material nor formal requirements for the application, and that in this court there is no an active legitimation for such a procedural action.

The President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik on 22nd  Special Session of the National Assembly said that the representatives of Bosniaks are constantly striving to attribute genocidal designation to Serbs which is visible from the request for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice against Serbia, and that because of all this, Serb's unity is necessary.
He suggested that the Assembly's conclusions clearly reject the policies implemented by the Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegović and to support activities undertaken by the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić.

BiH Presidency Chairman Mladen Ivanić said that the request for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the lawsuit against Serbia and Montenegro fall on the first step, because the letter of the Court to Presidency members shows that there is something obviously wrong.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska Željka Cvijanović said that the case of submitting audit is not isolated but it is one in a series of moves that come from Sarajevo.
She considers it unacceptable, non-institutional action of Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegović, because no one has the right in the name of everyone in BiH to independently submitted the initiative, and it's time that the National Assembly defines certain issues.
Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Bosić believes that Serb's unity is necessary after the submission of the request for review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice lawsuit against Serbia and Montenegro, in order to gain stability in the Republic of Srpska.