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2019 Day of Republika Srpska Honour Unit parade in Banja Luka. Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the holiday unconstitutional on 26 November 2015 [3] stating that the main issue for it being coinciding with a religious holiday. [citation needed] The ruling was ignored by the Republika Srpska government.
On 10 September 2020, the government of Srpska reached a decision on making the Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag official, which made it a new holiday in Srpska. [3] A day later, on 11 September 2020, the Government of Serbia also made the day official, making it official in both Serbia and Srpska. [citation needed]
The most important of the entity holidays is the Day of Republika Srpska, which commemorates the establishment of Republika Srpska on 9 January 1992. Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the holiday unconstitutional on 26 November 2015 stating that the main issue for it being coinciding with a religious holiday.
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States on Tuesday warned that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian Serb self-proclaimed national holiday were in violation of Bosnia's constitution ...
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić also attended the event. [7] Croat Republika Srpska MPs also supported the Republika Srpska Day and the referendum. [8] The Republika Srpska National Assembly passed a resolution on the referendum on 15 July 2016, with the backing of all Serb parties and the boycott of Bosniak Republika Srpska MPs.
The National Bank of Yugoslavia (CBCG) also cut the Republika Srpska off, preventing it from redeeming its currency there and refusing to send more due to the CBCG's lack of foreign exchange assets. [42] Afterwards, Republika Srpska did not form its own currency and continued to use the Yugoslav one. In 1999, it adopted the convertible mark. [41]
In 2012, Dodik predicted Republika Srpska's independence. [26] In 2013, there were discussions on the matter. [27] Former CIA Balkans chief Steven Meyer said in 2013 and 2014 that he believed that Republika Srpska would become independent in time, that Bosnia and Herzegovina exists only on paper, and the people should decide for themselves. [28]
The current National Assembly of the Republika Srpska (Народна Скупштина Републике Српске / Narodna Skupština Republike Srpske) is the ninth since the founding of the Republika Srpska. First Assembly (24 October 1991 – 14 September 1996)