THE 1992 CONSTITUTION - FOUNDATION OF STATEHOOD AND GUARANTOR OF SURVIVAL OF SERB PEOPLE

BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 25 /SRNA/ - The first Constitution of Republika Srpska represented the foundation of statehood, a struggle, and a guarantee of survival for the Serb people in these areas, and it granted Srpska the status it has today, Darko Banjac, president of the National Party of Srpska, told SRNA.

“Republika Srpska Day and the adoption of the first Constitution of Srpska are interconnected. For the first time in these areas, Serbs managed to fight for their ancestral homes and to ensure that they would never again be expelled from them,” Banjac said. He stated that, through the pressure of High Representatives, certain embassies, and parts of the international community, there were attempts to change the Constitution and strip it of its original force. “We managed to preserve what that Constitution represented, and still represents today - the security of life for the Serb people, the security of the survival of Republika Srpska, because Srpska and the Constitution are one single fabric that guarantees the freedom of our people in these areas,” Banjac emphasized. The first Constitution of Republika Srpska was proclaimed on February 28, 1992, and is one of the most significant constitutive acts that served as the foundation for the creation of Srpska.