The request submitted by the Bosniak Caucus in the Council of Peoples of Republika Srpska to establish a violation of vital national interest in the Decision on the Adoption of the Declaration on the Closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina is inadmissible, the Council for the Protection of Vital Interests of the Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska ruled today.
The Council assessed that, considering the content and form of the contested Declaration, as well as the issues it addresses, the act does not contain legal norms of a general nature, nor does it regulate any relations in a generally binding legal manner, according to a statement issued by the Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska.
Taking into account that the contested Declaration expresses the political position of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska regarding certain issues of a political nature related to the rights and duties of the Republic and other matters of general interest to its citizens, the Council concluded that the Declaration does not constitute a general legal act, either in terms of its content or its form.
For that reason, the statement notes, the Council determined that it does not have jurisdiction to assess the conformity of the contested Declaration with the constitutional provisions protecting the vital national interests of the constituent peoples in Republika Srpska.
Source: RTRS
