The parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Croat-Muslim entity resolutely refuted the Serb entity's attempts to challenge the work of the state court and prosecutorial authorities.
On 13 April, the Serb entity's parliament decided to call a referendum at which citizens of Republika Srpska would voice their opinion about "unlawful decisions by the international community's High Representative, notably about the work of the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office."
The idea about this referendum has met with strong criticism from the international community that views this move by the Bosnian Serb authorities as a process against an essential part of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Nearly all parliamentary parties, except two Croat HDZ parties whose deputies did not attend today's session in Sarajevo, participated in the adoption of the declaration.
The Republika Srpska parliament speaker Igor Radojcic said that the parliament of the Croat-Muslim entity had no right to interfere in the affairs of the other entity.
The issue of the referendum was also a topic of today's talks between the Serb entity's President Milorad Dodik and Croatia's Ambassador to Bosnia, Tonci Stanicic.
According to a press release from Dodik's office, the Serb leader informed the ambassador that the referendum would not refer to the status of that entity but would be a response to alleged omissions in the work of the Bosnian state court and prosecutors.