▁of ▁the ▁Pres iden cy ▁of ▁Bos nia ▁and ▁Herz egov ina , ▁instit uted ▁proceed ings ▁before ▁the ▁Constitution al ▁Court ▁for ▁an ▁evaluation ▁of ▁the ▁consist ency ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁of ▁the ▁Repub lika ▁Sr ps ka ▁and ▁the ▁Constitution ▁of ▁the ▁Federation ▁of ▁Bos nia ▁and ▁Herz egov ina ▁with ▁the ▁Constitution ▁of ▁Bos nia ▁and ▁Herz egov ina . ▁The ▁request ▁was ▁supp lement ed ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁when ▁the ▁applic ant ▁specified ▁which ▁prov isions ▁of ▁the ▁Ent ities ' ▁Constitution s ▁he ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁un const itution al . ▁ ▁The ▁four ▁partial ▁dec isions ▁were ▁made ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁by ▁which ▁many ▁of ▁articles ▁of ▁the ▁constitution s ▁of ▁entities ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁un const itution al , ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁great ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁Bos nia ▁and ▁Herz egov ina , ▁because ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁need ▁to ▁adjust ▁the ▁current ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁with ▁the ▁decision ▁of ▁the ▁Court . ▁A ▁narrow ▁majority ▁( 5 - 4 ) ▁ruled ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁applic ant . ▁In ▁its ▁decision , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁the ▁Court ▁stated : ▁ ▁The ▁formal ▁name ▁of ▁this ▁item ▁is ▁U - 5 / 9 8 , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁widely ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Dec ision ▁on ▁the ▁constitu ency ▁of ▁pe op les " ▁( ), ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁Court ' s ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁the ▁phrase ▁" const