Public breaking of the Constitutional order

Sarajevo Aug 6, 1997

Government criticizes the opposition

Pale, 6 August(AIM) - RS Government accused parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition parties that negating the temporary measure of the Constitutional Court, according to which no decisions based on the disputed decision of RS President with respect to the dismissal of the National Asembly, should be passed, would mean dismissal of RS Government.The announcement signed by Mr. Gojko Klickovic, President of the RS Government, states that RS Government "will not allow anyone to gamble with the state and its safety".

The Government asks if these parties are aware that they are publicly supportive of destruction of the constitutional order in the state, and also stresses that the parties manipulate the decision of the RS Supreme Court, which essentially means that this court pronounced itself incompetent for the dispute between the Government and the RS president, and it does not mean that the Supreme court gave the rights to the RS president.

The announcement further states that the final instance in the settlement of this crisis would be Constitutional Court of RS and that it would remain so as long as the National Assembly did not pass different decision.

The Government explained that it could be dismissed only by the RS Parliament " in its current or new convocation, depending on the Constitutional Court decision".(end)