The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has today confirmed the indictment against the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik and acting director of the entity's Official Messenger Miloš Lukić, it was confirmed for regional television N1.
With the indictment, which was filed by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina a month ago, Dodik and Lukić are charged with non-implementation of the decisions of the High Representative of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina initially returned the indictment for revision due to technical deficiencies, and in the meantime, Dodik's legal team requested the disqualification of judge Jasmine Dedović Cosić, who was deciding whether the indictment would be dismissed or confirmed. The request of Dodik's defense was rejected.
The indictment was brought after the Assembly of Republika Srpska adopted two controversial laws on June 27, on the non-application of the decisions of the Constitutional Court of BiH and the non-publication of the High Representative's decisions in the Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska.
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Dodik then, as the president of Republika Srpska, signed decrees on the promulgation of those two laws, and Lukić published them in the Official Gazette.
On July 1, the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Kristijan Šmit made a decision canceling both laws.
According to the amendments to the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Šmit imposed, Dodik and Lukić can be punished with imprisonment from six months to five years, a ban on performing duties and removal from office.
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