President Čubrilović: The decision of the Constitutional Court of BiH anti-dayton and anti-constitutional, the Republic of Srpska is the owner of the agricultural land

The President of the National Assembly of Republic of Srpska Nedeljko Čubrilović said after today's Collegium meeting that the Decision of the Constitutional Court of BiH regarding the request for constitutional review of Article 53 of the Law on Agricultural Land of Republic of Srpska, as well as the decision on the Articles of the Law on Inland Navigation of the Republic of Srpska are not yet officially submitted to the National Assembly.

“As the President of the National Assembly and Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, I was informed of the decisions by the press release of the Constitutional Court of BiH and by the media. Considering that the Constitutional Court of BiH, by its numerous decisions, has long gone out of the scope of law and turned into a political court aimed at changing the Dayton structure of BiH, at the meeting of the leadership of Republic of Srpska and representatives of all political parties, held on Wednesday, February 12, we have adopted the conclusion that we hold a Special Session of the National Assembly and respond to the anti-Dayton and anti-constitutional activities of the Constitutional Court of BiH, "said Čubrilović.

President Čubrilović said that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the National Assembly in this case, as well as in all previous cases when appeals for constitutional review were filed, timely submitted a response to the Constitutional Court of BiH.

"In that response, we stated that Republic of Srpska has the authority to pass the Law on Agricultural Land, that is, it has the authority to regulate all issues of importance to agricultural land, as well as to the general interest, including property. This provision, which was challenged by the Constitutional Court of BiH, is not contrary to the Constitution of Republic of Srpska, and in particular not to the Constitution of BiH. It is clear that there was no basis for challenging this provision of the Law because it is a matter that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the BiH institutions, unless the entities agreed on this, which did not happen in this case, "Čubrilović emphasized.

He pointed out that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the National Assembly was responsible, professionally and absolutely legally grounded, responded to all allegations in the request for constitutional review of Article 53 of the Law on Agricultural Land, which did not prevent the Constitutional Court of BiH from making a decision which in our opinion was not acceptable.

"How absurd is such a decision of the Constitutional Court of BiH is the fact, to which we have also pointed out in the reply, that in the earlier cases the Constitutional Court of BiH clearly and unequivocally established that the decisions of the administrative bodies and courts, declaring that the Republic of Srpska is the owner of the agricultural land registered in the public records as state property," concluded President Čubrilović.