The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 7 imposed a temporary measure and suspended the implementation of laws adopted by the Assembly of Republika Srpska, which prohibit the work of the Court, the Prosecutor's Office, the State Investigation Agency (SIPA), and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the territory of this entity.
Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Beqirović, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Bosnian Parliament, Denis Zvizdić, and member of the collegium of the House of Peoples, Kemal Ademović, submitted appeals on March 6 regarding unconstitutional laws previously signed by Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska (RS).
The Court, the Bosnian Prosecutor's Office and SIPA were established based on laws adopted by the Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and those laws were confirmed by the State House of People. To be abolished, according to the state Constitution, a vote of the Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina is required.
The Republika Srpska Assembly adopted the laws on February 27, after the Bosnian Court sentenced Dodik to one year in prison and a six-year ban from holding the office of president of Republika Srpska.
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that since December 2024, it has been conducting an investigation due to suspicions that the criminal offense of "attack on the constitutional order" has been committed.
Bosnia's Criminal Code provides for penalties of up to five years in prison and a ban on holding official office if someone " unlawfully attempts to change the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina or overthrow its highest institutions ."
Dodik was found guilty and sentenced by the Court of First Instance for disobeying the decisions of the international High Representative, Christian Schmidt, and signing the decree declaring laws that Schmidt had previously declared invalid, laws that aimed to prevent the implementation of the decisions of the Bosnian Constitutional Court and the High Representative on the territory of the RS.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia imposed a temporary measure for the non-implementation of the Law on the Special Register and Transparency of the Work of Non-Profit Organizations.
This law, adopted by the Assembly of Republika Srpska, in accordance with Russian law, imposes strict control over the activities of the civil sector in Republika Srpska./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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