Bosnian Serb leader accused of breaking up and risking war Bosnia and Herzegovina He has compared himself to Cameron and his efforts to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership conditions before the EU referendum.
Milorad Dodik, Serbian member of the Tripartite Presidium Bosnia and HerzegovinaSaid that if his request to regain control over tax administration, justice and the military is rejected, then the country may collapse and the possibility of the Republika Srpska entity withdrawing from the country is high.
Dodik’s comments at the General Assembly of the Republika Srpska kicked off a six-month negotiation with Croatian and Muslim Bosnian Croat leaders on a new arrangement, when local politicians supported a resolution based on the resolution. , The entity will unilaterally withdraw its power when necessary.
Dodik stated that he is willing to compromise on the content of his plan, but the new constitution will be submitted to a referendum. If his main requirements are not met, the Republika Srpska will be forced to “withdraw”.
He refuted the criticism and said he was working hard to avoid a dramatic breakup.He said that Dodik’s speech at the conference borrowed from Cameron’s 2013 “Bloomberg Speech” Among them, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has established requirements for the new provisions of the United Kingdom and EU member states.
“In this speech, I replaced the British [sic] With the Serbian Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union,” Dodik said.
At the time, Cameron stated that the withdrawal of some powers from the EU to the UK would lead to a new solution, which would help him win the 2017 EU referendum.
Although Dodik claimed that he was only seeking to reverse the centralization in support of the central Bosnian state, he faced severe criticism in parliament, even from fellow Serbian nationalists, for the way he pursued his goals.
The leader of the Serbian Democratic Party, Mirko Sarovic, said that Dodik constitutes a “direct threat to peace.” The party was founded by Radovan Karadzic and is currently responsible for committing genocide in Srebrenica. Served 40 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. “If there is no war, you can’t take over these capabilities,” Sarovic said.
The current Constitution of Bosnia is made up of 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, Ended the bloody regional war after the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is composed of two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is mainly composed of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, and the Serbian Republic of Serbia. The three-person presidency in Bosnia is held by representatives of the three main ethnic groups.
According to the so-called Bonn Powers in 1997, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) responsible for the execution of transactions was also granted a large amount of legislative power.
Dodik claims that power is becoming more and more concentrated and that OHR plays an excessive and undemocratic role in Bosnian Serb affairs.
“Let us now determine what Bosnia and Herzegovina needs and what it needs to stop doing,” he told members of Parliament. “The entity and its parliament should have greater meaning and role, because they are the true source of democracy, legitimacy and responsibility in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina is moving in a direction that we do not agree with. We are not allowed to interfere with our jurisdiction. Scope.”
Since 2017 by holding a referendum to celebrate Serb Republic Day (i.e. the Bosnian Serbs declared their own country in Bosnia in 1992), Dodik has been banned from traveling to the United States or visiting assets within its jurisdiction.
exist Interviewed by The Guardian last month, He said he was not “indifferent” to the threat of further sanctions by the US, EU and European governments, but added: “I am not chosen as a coward.” He also claimed that the EU’s funding cuts will be supported by China and Russia. make up. Dodik visited Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin last week.
