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Attempt at a new state? / Republika Srpska approves draft constitution

2025-03-14 17:18:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Attempt at a new state? / Republika Srpska approves draft constitution

The Parliamentary Assembly of Republika Srpska adopted a draft of a new constitution, which aims to define the Serbian entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state within a state.

With the new Constitution, the leaders of Republika Srpska aim to define this entity as a state of the Serbian people, with the right to self-determination and its own army. This constitution is in contradiction with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Agreement.

Since the Dayton Peace Agreement, which was signed in 1995 and ended the war in Bosnia, the country has been made up of the Bosniak-Croat Federation and the ethnic Serb-dominated Republika Srpska, under a weak central government.

Although Republika Srpska can adopt laws on internal affairs, state-level laws and institutions remain supreme, according to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The draft, which was approved with 50 votes in favor and eight against in Banja Luka, will now go through a 30-day public debate, after which the Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Affairs will draft a proposal that will then be debated again in the National Assembly.

Despite the Bosnian Constitutional Court suspending the implementation of the laws, Republika Srpska has insisted that the laws will be implemented.

The actions of Republika Srpska leaders have been opposed by the Bosnian opposition and condemned by the international community./CNA





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