TADIĆ: JANUARY 9 CAN ONLY BE REPLACED BY DAY OF SRPSKA'S INDEPENDENCE

ISTOČNO SARAJEVO, JANUARY 7 /SRNA/ – Lawyer Ognjen Tadić told SRNA that only the day on which Republika Srpska would proclaim its state independence could replace January 9 - Republic Day, and urged all those who attack this holiday to begin respecting it.

"I do not understand how those who attack January 9 fail to realize that, in the collective consciousness of the people of Republika Srpska, it is perfectly clear that the only date that could replace January 9 as Republika Srpska Day would be the date on which its state independence is proclaimed," Tadić said. Addressing all those from political Sarajevo who attack January 9, Tadić said, in a friendly manner, that they should begin respecting it as the date of the proclamation of Republika Srpska, which in 1995 accepted the Dayton Peace Accords as an equal agreement between two entities and three constituent peoples. January 9 is celebrated as Republika Srpska Day, marking the date in 1992 when Republika Srpska was established under its original name, the Republic of the Serb People in BiH.