Professor of constitutional law Siniša Karan warned that the arbitrary and unlawful actions of the intelligence sector in BiH, under the control of Greater Bosniak unitarist politics, are leading the country towards anarchy and a police state.
Karan pointed out the alarming audacity of the Intelligence-Security Agency of BiH (OBA) in implementing Bosniak policies, particularly those of political Sarajevo, which are consistently directed against Republika Srpska, its allies, especially Serbia, and like-minded political actors.
“The silence of responsible authorities on the scandalous revelations about the planned assassination of the presidents of Republika Srpska and Serbia, Milorad Dodik and Aleksandar Vučić, is the clearest indication of the misdirected power of the security services in BiH, the distortion of regulations, and the lack of proper oversight over this sector,” Karan warned.
He added that for a long time, the intelligence sector has blatantly violated and ignored the legal hierarchy of subordination, particularly to the executive branch. OBA is obligated to share intelligence information with all relevant institutions, including those of Republika Srpska.
“I would remind everyone of the disgraceful and unprecedented bans on the entry of Russian writer Zahar Prilepin in 2018 and professor Miloš Ković in 2022, when OBA unconstitutionally and illegally assumed authority over foreign policy, arbitrarily deciding who posed a threat to the constitutional order of BiH. OBA also implemented operational data directly, granting itself expanded authority, bypassing legal procedures, and eliminating all forms of constitutional and legal oversight—from the Presidency, the Council of Ministers, to parliamentary control,” Karan emphasized.
He stressed that when security institutions in a country overstep their powers, it becomes a serious issue, and when the intelligence sector—capable of significant abuse and manipulation—does so, it poses the gravest threat to that country.
Karan concluded by questioning whether it is possible to bring OBA back within its constitutional and legal boundaries or whether its unlawful actions have left deep-rooted problems that can only be addressed through complete reconstruction.
Source: RTRS
