JELIĆ: IT'S UP TO THE BOSNIAKS - EITHER BiH WILL BE A LEGAL ENTITY OR WILL BE COMPLETELY COLLAPSED

BANJA LUKA, JUNE 2 /SRNA/ - The court proceedings, especially the unconstitutional Court of BiH’s judgment against the president of Republika Srpska, are politically motivated. Any legal expert who respects the principles of law and justice would say so; interestingly, even Sarajevo-based portals and their commentators are now admitting that the judgment is more political than legal, stated Petar Jelić, a deputy of the Republika Srpska National Assembly.

"Leading up to the Appeals Panel session scheduled for June 12, Sarajevo media and many supporters of Christian Schmidt’s illegal interventions are now reversing their stance, admitting that the German diplomat violated the Constitution of BiH and has no right to impose decisions or invent criminal offenses. They're finally realizing what we in Republika Srpska have been saying all along," Jelić told SRNA.

He has emphasized that Schmidt’s unlawful interventions have brought BiH into an illegal framework with no law, no order, and where BiH’s laws are no longer applied - while elected representatives and leaders of sovereign policies are being persecuted and tried.

"It is now clear to everyone that this German national is the main cause of the constitutional and political crisis in BiH, together with Michael Murphy. Their extended hand was the judge of a rather `interesting` wartime past - Sena Uzunović, who delivered a first-instance judgment that has nothing to do with law or justice," Jelić emphasized.

He believes that the Bosniaks, with the help of Schmidt and Murphy, attempted to destroy Republika Srpska, but instead received a hard lesson they now must finally learn: in practice, their wishes cannot and will not come true.

"Now, a second-instance path out of this crisis is ahead of all of us in BiH - that the Bosniaks accept reality, accept Dayton-based BiH, and that we finally return to a legal framework, with non-law and injustice to be annulled. That is the only solution that can help BiH," Jelić said.

He has added that no one like Schmidt can decide who represents the Serbs or write and impose laws to enforce his own will.

"The law must stand above everything and everyone - even above the will of internationals who instructed judges to rule based on imposed laws that wouldn't be recognised anywhere in the world. The Bosniaks welcomed that eagerly, but in doing so, they've jeopardized the entire legal system - and now everyone's grasping their heads in disbelief.

Serbs do not recognize a court that rules based on imposed laws while not respecting its own country's laws. This judgment will prove whether there is the will and desire among Bosniaks to build BiH as a legal entity or to completely collapse it. The decision is theirs!" Jelić concluded.