There is no doubt that the parties with the majority in the Federation parliament have the right to seek the formation of a new government, but the decision on the no-cofindence vote in the incumbent government cannot be considered adopted until the completion of proceedings regarding the protection of vital national interests launched by the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Sarajevo'c Oslobodjenje daily quoted Inzko as saying on Wednesday.
Inzko said he expected the incumbent entity government to continue operating and enforcing its powers in line with the constitution and the law.
The Social Democratic Party, the HDZ BiH, the HDZ 1990 and the Alliance for a Better Future last week launched proceedings to give a no-confidence vote in the incumbent Federation government in order to form a new one without ministers from the SDA, the Croatian Party of Rights and the Prosperity Through Work Party.
The no-confidence vote was given in both houses of the Federation parliament, but the decision cannot go into force because the SDA invoked the protection of a vital national interest and requested the entity's Constitutional Court to say if the dissolution of government jeopardised the vital interest of Bosniaks.
Apart from the no-confidence vote, the lower house last week adopted several decisions intended to restrict the government's work, including the adoption of strategic financial decisions.
Inzko said such conclusions were unacceptable and that the government must remain operational until the Constitutional Court handed down its decision or a new government was formed.
He said all relevant bodies and parties must honour the rule of law, democratic institutions, and the constitutional and legal order, and that such conduct by the political parties showed that the interest of the common people were not a priority for them.
Further complicating the situation is the fact that three of the nine judges in the Constitutional Court have not been appointed, but Federation President Zivko Budimir said on Tuesday this problem could be solved soon.