Republika Srpska Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic defended the right of RS citizens to participate in a planned referendum, following a communique from the steering board of the Peace Implementation Council which painted the referendum as unconstitutional.
“The referendum question on the Republika Srpska Day is neither directed against any institution, any people in BiH nor the act of a referendum is in conflict with the Constitution and the law. On the contrary, it is protected by the Constitution and the law. We do not violate the Dayton Peace Agreement, we do not re-write the boundaries; we have just decided to defend ourselves by democracy from constant attacks and harassment, therefore, I do not understand why the Peace Implementation Council /PIC/ is threatening,” Cvijanovic stated after being asked by SRNA to comment on the PIC’s statement that calls on Srpska authorities not to hold a referendum on the Republika Srpska Day.
PM Cvijanovic further pointed out that the governments of the Federation and its cantons have failed to implement “more than 90” decisions of the BiH Constitutional Court, a fact to which the PIC members have paid no attention, according to Cvijanovic.
