The Joint Committee of the Republika Srpska National Assembly and the Rs Council of Peoples have not agreed on the amendment of the Bosniak People's Caucus to the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska regarding the initiation of vital national interest.
The case now goes to the Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska.
"Since no agreement has been reached at the session, the case is forwarded to the Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska - Council for the Protection of Vital Interest for the purpose of making a final decision in accordance with Article 70 amended by Amendment LXXXII of the Constitution of Republika Srpska," the Council of Peoples announced.
The chairman of the Bosniak caucus in the Republika Srpska Council of Peoples, Alija Tabaković, said earlier that he expects that at the session of the Joint Commission of Republika Srpska and the Council of Peoples of Republika Srpska no agreement will be reached, and that this case will end up before the Constitutional Court of RS.
Tabaković believes that this law is harmful primarily to all citizens of Republika Srpska, but also to the entire Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"In the end, it can cost Bosnia and Herzegovina its progress towards membership in the European Union," Tabakovic said.
The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska recently adopted the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska.
Chairman of the Republika Srpska Council of Peoples Srebrenka Golić also stated earlier that Bosniaks had initiated a vital national interest on only one article of the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska, and specified that it was Article Eight related to penal provisions.
"When it comes to the amendment of the Bosniak People's Caucus, out of eight delegates in this caucus, five were 'in favour', so they demanded that Article Eight from this law be completely deleted," Golic told reporters.