"As the final authority to interpret the civilian aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the High Representative made a detailed legal assessment and concluded that the issued conclusions are mainly not in line with the Dayton agreement," reads the statement issued by the OHR.
"The High Representative also recalls the position of the institutions and member states of the European Union concerning the RSNA (Serb entity's parliament) Conclusions. Implementation of the conclusions would undermine the division of competencies between the State and the Entities, seek to give the RSNA veto rights in State level matters, undermine final and binding decisions of the BiH Constitutional Court, a Dayton institution, and determine that the HR"s powers are unconstitutional. As a result, the High Representative decided to use his powers and put the RSNA Conclusions out of force."
The disputable conclusions which the Serb entity's parliament adopted on 14 May, contested the transfer of powers from entities onto the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which was already regulated by decisions made by previous High Representatives in a bid to strengthen the central state institutions such as polcie and intelligence agencies or agencies in charge of electricity transmission.
In its conclusions, the Bosnian Serb parliament wants all disputes between the state and the entities to be resolved before national or international courts.
These conclusions prompted Bosniak (Muslim) leader Sulejman Tihic to boycott talks on state reforms, including constitutional changes, that are strongly supported by the European Union and the US.
Before deciding on annulling their conclusions, Inzko called on the Bosnian Serb authorities to do it on their own.