Decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot, in any case, be constitutional, because the Court is presided over by Mirsad Ćeman, whose mandate expired upon turning 70, said Ljubinko Mitrović, professor of legal sciences.
“Decisions of an unconstitutional Constitutional Court of BiH cannot, under any circumstances, be constitutional or grounded in the Constitution of BiH,” Mitrović stressed.
Explaining why the Constitutional Court of BiH is unconstitutional, Mitrović said that for months the Court has been chaired and adjudicated by judge—and even president of the Court—Mirsad Ćeman, who was born on 1 December 1955 and, upon turning 70, should have been retired.
He clarified that this follows Article VI/1, item “C” of the Constitution, which states that “judges appointed after the first composition shall serve until the age of 70.”
“In any case, upon reaching 70 years of age, his mandate ended. This applied to all judges before him, with the exception of Seada Palavrić,” Mitrović said.
Earlier today, the incomplete Constitutional Court adopted a decision deeming the previous composition of the Government of Republika Srpska “unconstitutional.”
Source: RTRS
