Following the verdict against Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik in a BiH court, the RS parliament adopted four unconstitutional laws.
Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina /BiH/, confirmed Sven Alkalay, BiH Ambassador to the US.
The date of the meeting is unknown, reports RSE.
Last week, after a first instance verdict against Republika Srpska President /RS/ Milorad Dodik in the BiH court, the RS parliament passed four unconstitutional laws. These include the law prohibiting the activities of the BiH Court and Prosecutor's Office, the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council and the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) on the territory of the entity.
Amendments to the Criminal Code were also adopted, providing for the prosecution of employees of BiH institutions living in RS if they do not implement decisions of the Autonomous Province authorities, as well as the law on "foreign agents", which further restricts the work of civil society.
On Tuesday, 4 March, members of the BiH Presidency, Denis Becirovic and Željko Komšić, sent a request for an extraordinary session in connection with the Republika Srpska authorities' attack on BiH's constitutional order. | BGNES