JUDGE FROM RS ZLATKO KNEŽEVIĆ RETIRES FROM CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO, JUNE 14 (ONASA) – Republika Srpska judge Zlatko Knežević is retiring from the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He informed the President of the National Assembly Nenad Stevandić about this, who confirmed this information to journalists in Banja Luka.
“Knežević found the best way to respect the decision of the National Assembly and to preserve the dignity of the judicial function,” said Stevandić.
On April 26, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska adopted a resolution calling on the judges of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina from among the Serbian people to resign.
The reason, as explained, is the “anti-Dayton and anti-constitutional actions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which culminated in decisions on state property.”
In the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zlatko Knežević is the only judge from Republika Srpska.
Knežević confirmed that he will apply for early retirement and expects that procedure to be completed by the end of the year.
In the previous period, due to serious health problems, Knežević was on sick leave, but as Valerija Galić pointed out yesterday, Knežević has returned to work and will participate in the plenary session in July.
Two chairs are already vacant in the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after Mate Tadić and Miodrag Simović left the Constitutional Court when they met the conditions for retirement.
Their successors have not yet been appointed by the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska.