"The National Assembly of Republic of Srpska is the pillar of upholding the Republic of Srpska which in its legislative capacity adopted all decisions  by means of which the Republic of Srpska has safeguarded its sovereignty, economic strength and all other vitally important elements",  stated Savo Minić, Prime Minister of Republika Srpska in Pale today.

Prime Minister Minić pointed out that the proceedings before the Court of BiH against President Milorad Dodik initiated because he signed a decree promulgating a law passed by the National Assembly represented the clearest example of the attack on the National Assembly of Republic of Srpska.

"Just imagine the nature of this attack on the Assembly and the institution of the President of the Republic: there is no other state on Earth, nor any other social or political system where a President, who has a constitutional authority to sign a decision adopted by the National Assembly, had been punished for acting so", Prime Minister Minić said at the press conference held to mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of the National Assembly.

Prime Minister Minić expressed his gratitude to all the deputies who had been members of the first convocation on October 24, 1991, and who understood that it was essential for the Serb people to identify and unite within the Assembly of the Serbian People of BiH, which is precisely what took place at that time. 

The Prime Minister emphasized that all members of the National Assembly and all Presidents of Republic of Srpska carried a huge burden.

"They were all persecuted throughout all this time. This is sufficiently demonstrated by the fact that we recently had a decision of the Court of BiH that convicted Milorad Dodik as President of Republic of Srpska, despite all valid laws in BiH, because he signed a decree on promulgation of a law passed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska", Prime Minister Minić said. 

The Prime Minister said that he would like to see all sessions of the National Assembly in the future would be dignified and that all deputies would be the voice of the Serbian people of the entire of Republic of Srpska.

As part of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of Republic of Srpska, Prime Minister Minić and other high officials of the Republic of Srpska laid a wreath at the monument on the Square of the Founders of the Republic of Srpska in Pale.