Bosnian Serb leader Milorado Dodik has not sued his verdict and will not attend a state-level court session next Thursday. It was the latest development in the long-term hypertonic political crisis in the western Balkan country, and then fell into a steady boil.
The crisis peaked when the Sarajevo-based Bih court convicted Dodik for opposing the decision of Christian Schmidt, the country’s international peace envoy that constitutes the criminal act. The verdict was not final and Dodik had the option to appeal.
In the meantime, however, the president of the Serbian majority group of the Republic of Bosnia (RS) has introduced new laws aimed at banning the operation of state-level security and judicial institutions, which make up about half of half of the territory of the Western Balkans. The decision has been temporarily suspended by state-level constitutional courts.
“As far as I’m concerned, the verdict does not exist and is invalid,” Dodik told Euroneus Serbia.
“I did not appeal because the RS Congress stated that the court’s work is prohibited on the territory of Rs because the court itself is unconstitutional,” he argued.
At the same time, Dodik firmly rejected the claim that his actions alienated him from other beings in the Bee Federation, and in the 1990s, an country that had already experienced bloody wars in the 1990s, close to a new conflict.
“What I want is to establish communication and maintain peace,” Dodik said. “A year ago (the leader of other entities) said the main Warmanger was Milorado Dodik, but nothing happened.”
“You will not find one action of my actions going in that direction, nor will you find any such statement,” he said.
Dodik also questioned the legitimacy of Schmidt’s high representative and said he opposed the “imposed decision” by the envoys that Dodik argued.
The agreement led to an end to the war between the three major ethnic groups of the country (Bosniak, Serbs and Croatia) that began during the dissolution of former Yugoslavia in 1992, and was considered the most bloody conflict in Europe’s soil since World War II.
High representatives are intended to act as the leading arbiter of a well-known conflict and are important figures who oversee the implementation of the transaction.
A peace agreement, which serves as the constitution of the country, divides the country into two major administrative units or bodies, the Bosniak Kroto FBIH, which is partially overseen by two major administrative units or bodies, i.e. the umbrella national level government.
It meant to soothe previous warriors, creating a complex system of checks and balances that is said to be the most complex democracy in the world.
“Struggling and Peace” in danger?
Dodik’s continued challenge to the authority of senior officials and state-level agencies is considered the biggest test of EU membership in postwar stability.
The Bih court issued a nationwide arrest warrant for Dodik in March, but he has not been arrested since.
In the meantime, he traveled to neighbouring Serbia, Israel and Russia, where he attended the May Victory Day celebration in Moscow hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Tensions erupted again in late April after inspectors from a state-level security agency tried to arrest Dodik but were prevented from doing so.
Details regarding the incident remained unknown, but domestic media reported that SIPA agents left after being “talked” to RS police. Dodik later felt that it was “fine and safe.”
Bosnia’s European peacekeeping forces strengthened their troops in response to tensions.
In March, NATO Executive Director Mark Latte pledged his “unshakable” support for the military alliance for the integrity of Bosnian territorial territorial.
“Thirty years after the Dayton Peace Agreement, I can tell you: NATO is firmly committed to the stability of the region and the safety of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Latte said at the time. “We cannot work hard and put peace at risk.”
