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BANJA LUKA, January 26 (FENA) - RS Vice President Ramiz Salkić has called on High Representative to BiH, Valentin Inzko, to change the decision of his predecessor Wolfgang Petritsch, which introduced the principle of asymmetric solutions in the constitution of both Entities in 2002, completely contrary to the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Salkić told Fena that the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on constitutionality of peoples throughout BiH should be implemented uniformly and aims to create a society of equal rights and equal opportunities, based on the European Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms.
The situation in which Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats have greater rights in the FBiH entity than Bosniaks and Croats in the BiH entity of RS is certainly, in his view, in complete contradiction with the Constitutional Court's decision on the constitutionality of peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This state of affairs, he says, is used by the current government in the entity of the RS to achieve unfulfilled goals of war through systematic discrimination.
He recalled that over the past 15 years, as long as the SNSD has continuously exercised power in the RS, the position of Bosniaks and Croats has dramatically got worse.
Continuously, he adds, Bosniaks are imposed by representatives coming through political parties, which are generally voted by Serbs. It can be seen in the RS Constitutional Court, RS Government, but also partly with the deputies in the RS National Assembly and delegates in the RS Council of Peoples.
Former High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch's decision to impose amendments to the entities' constitutions in 2002 contributed to the current situation.
“Then the High Representative introduced the principle of asymmetric solutions in the entity constitutions, which is completely contrary to the decision of the Constitutional Court of BiH. Entity presidents and vice-presidents do not have the same competencies, nor the same capabilities, to protect the interests of citizens, but also of the peoples they come from. In the Entity of the Federation of BiH, these competences are divided, while in the Entity of RS all decision-making power is concentrated in the hands of the President of the Entity,” he said.
The competences of the House of Peoples and caucuses in the FBiH are within the capacity of the House of Representatives, while the RS Council of Peoples is without serious authority and ability, to protect the interests of citizens, and above all the interests of peoples through caucuses.
“These provisions in the Constitution of the RS and the fact that the entity bears a name derived from the name of only one constituent people - the Serbs, while the other two peoples have been eliminated, are the main reason for the current state and position of Bosniaks and Croats in this part of our homeland. Since the High Representative was the initiator and creator in 2002, but ultimately imposed amendments to the Entities’ Constitutions, without changing the role and powers of the High Representative since then, I urge the incumbent High Representative to change the decision of the former High Representative from 2002,” said the RS Vice President for FENA.
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