The Government of Republika Srpska today, at its 18th special session in Banja Luka, tasked the entity's Ministry of Interior with drafting a bill as soon as possible that would regulate border control and crossing the state border of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the territory of Republika Srpska, and that border control tasks be carried out by police officers of the Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska.
The Office of the President of Republika Srpska (RS) announced earlier today that a meeting of the "top leadership" of that Bosnian and Herzegovina entity concluded that the RS Border Police should be formed.
It was also announced that a working group had been formed, which held its first meeting on Monday to draft laws that will regulate the work of the Border Police on the territory of the RS.
This is an unconstitutional activity, because the State Border Police already operates at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which can only be abolished by a decision made by both houses of the BiH Parliament.
The new secessionist and unconstitutional move by the RS authorities comes recently after the Court of BiH ordered that RS President Milorad Dodik, the entity's Prime Minister Radovan Višković, and the President of the RS National Assembly Nenad Stevandić, be remanded in custody for one month after being brought in for questioning.
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Dodik, Višković and Stevandić are suspected of the criminal offense of attacking the constitutional order, and in recent days they have not responded to summonses to give statements at the Prosecutor's Office of BiH. Since the Prosecutor's Office of BiH's order for forcible detention was not complied with, the Court of BiH issued an order for detention.
If that is not possible, or if the suspects are unavailable, the next step is to issue an arrest warrant. In that case, all police agencies in BiH, including the State Border Police, are obliged to arrest Dodik, Višković and Stevandić.
Also, the RS Government tasks the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice to take over workers from the RS employed in the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) and judges, prosecutors and workers residing in the RS, who are employed in the Court of BiH, the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH, and who express their willingness to be taken over by the RS institutions, by Wednesday, March 19 of this year.
After that, they state that they will initiate proceedings to repeal the acts that provide for this right, according to a statement from the RS Government.
The RS Government, as stated in the statement, has tasked the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, within their jurisdiction, to continuously collect data from judicial institutions and other RS institutions on the implementation of the Law on Non-Application of Laws and Prohibition of the Activities of Extra-Constitutional Institutions of BiH and the Law on Non-Application of Decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the territory of RS, and to take measures to sanction individuals and institutions that act contrary to the same.
The RS Government also tasks the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to draft a bill as soon as possible that would regulate the procedure for establishing the RS Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices, which would regulate the subject area.
The Ministry of Finance is also tasked with providing the necessary financial prerequisites for the establishment and functioning of the RS institutions established by laws of the RS National Assembly, as well as institutions that will be established in the future in order to protect the constitutional order of the RS.
The Ministry of Finance is also tasked with suspending funding from the RS budget for all institutions in the RS that are financed from the budget and that do not apply laws, regulations and general acts adopted by the RS National Assembly in their work, and proposing to the competent ministry to initiate the procedure for adopting appropriate laws to abolish these institutions.
The RS Government has tasked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to engage maximum capacities in accordance with the current political and security situation in BiH to secure protected persons and facilities that are specially secured, and to take all legally prescribed measures and actions to ensure the unhindered performance of the constitutional and legal duties of protected persons.
The RS Government also adopted the Decision on the first issue of RS bonds primarily intended for the population (savings bonds), which introduces a new security "as an easily accessible investment opportunity, acceptable to small investors."
The target nominal value of the issue is five million marks (about 2,5 million euros), and the basic terms are an annual interest rate of 4,5 percent, with a maturity of two years from the date of registration. Interest will be paid to the owners semi-annually.
Savings bonds will be an affordable financial instrument for the citizens of RS, given that the minimum subscription amount per investor is 100 marks, while the nominal value of one savings bond is one mark.
The adopted decision stipulates that the registration and payment of savings bonds will begin within at least seven days from the date of publication of the public invitation in daily newspapers and on the website of the Ministry of Finance of the RS.
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