The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said today in Banja Luka that the arrival of High Representative Kristijan Šmit in Republika Srpska could cause violence.
"Whatever he decides, we will not accept, he is not welcome in the RS, he will not be allowed to come to any institution of the RS," said Dodik, repeating that Šmit's arrival in the RS could lead to violence.
Asked what kind of violence there would be and what measures were taken, Dodik said that it was a matter for the security authorities.
"I was informed that there is animosity, i.e. that such an atmosphere has been created that it is no longer possible to defend his (Šmit's) presence in the RS, without elements appearing that would threaten the overall security, including his security," he said.
According to Dodik, the determination of the RS is to protect its stability and security, not wanting any violence towards anyone, not even "toward tourists", as he called Šmita.
"But that still doesn't mean that we can influence or prevent certain structures from acting the way they think," said the RS president after the session of the Executive Board of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), of which he is the leader.
Dodik repeated that the high representative in BiH, Krsitijan Šmit, has no legitimacy and that the government of the RS will not accept any of his decisions.
He assessed that the political situation in RS is endangered by Šmit and some ambassadors with their interventionism and statements against RS officials and Republika Srpska itself.
"That interventionism has the foreshadowing of colonial activity and it is most visible in the actions of the American, British and some other ambassadors in Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Dodik to journalists in Banja Luka.
He said that the security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is stable, adding that the SNSD agrees with the extension of EUFOR's mandate, provided that there are no British soldiers in that contingent, which they will also request from the UN Security Council.
The President of the RS said that she has "a large number of friends" in the world, who, as he said, understand her moves and "give her a chance."
He accused the USA of trying to obstruct the financial system in the RS with threats, by inviting certain bankers, which, as he pointed out, the RS authorities consider a "hostile act".
The SNSD executive committee, Dodik said, assessed that the economic and political situation in the RS is stable, that the security situation in the RS is good, that there are good relations in the ruling coalition and announced that further work will be done to strengthen the institutions in the RS.
Speaking about activities at the state level, Dodik said that in the previous month, a couple of laws from the "European agenda" had been adopted, which had been previously agreed upon, stating that the conclusions of the National Assembly of the RS were not violated.
He announced that by the end of September, the issue of the departure of foreign judges from the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the change of the rules should be "problematized" in the parliament.
According to him, Serbian representatives in state institutions will assess in the coming days whether they will withdraw from those institutions, stating that they have held talks with members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Republika Srpska and that they are ready to withdraw from the state armed forces.
"We have a number of measures at our disposal... The vast majority of members of the Armed Forces of BiH from the RS express their readiness to immediately withdraw to Republika Srpska. If someone wants to try, let them try, we will not give up. We defend the republic, we know what we are defending, and they don't know what they are attacking," said Dodik.
Dodik said that IC SNSD also proposed a law on the activities of non-governmental organizations in the RS today.
During the press conference, he verbally attacked a journalist from BN Television, stating that that television is "shameful and treacherous", announcing that the journalists of that television will be banned from entering SNSD premises.
Cvijanović: Dodik has the full support of SNSD, the process against him is political
Serbian member of the BiH Presidency and senior official of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) Željka Cvijanović said that the Executive Committee of the SNSD today gave full support to the President of the RS and party leader Milorad Dodik regarding the indictment against him confirmed by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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"It is political persecution by those who are not elected, and they are persecuting those who are elected. That will not happen," Cvijanović told reporters in Banja Luka after the SNSD IC session.
She assessed the process against Dodik before the state judiciary as "a disgrace and absolute harassment".
"BiH's last chance was taken away by opening up space for the actions of those who would not be allowed to do such a thing anywhere in the world... This is a dangerous lark, which can bring us to the edge of the abyss," warned Cvijanović.
According to her, high representatives, even when they are legally elected, do not have the right to change the laws and constitutions of entities, adding that the RS will not allow it.
She said that High Representative Christian Schmidt does not have legitimacy, because his appointment was not confirmed by the UN Security Council.
On Monday, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the indictment against Dodik and the acting director of the "Official Herald of the RS" Miloš Lukić, a month after it was filed by the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina accusing Dodik and Lukić of not implementing the decisions of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The indictment followed after the National Assembly of the RS adopted two disputed laws on June 27: on the non-implementation of the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the non-publication of the decisions of the High Representative in the Official Gazette of the RS.
As the President of the RS, Dodik signed the decrees on the promulgation of those two laws, and Lukić published them in the Official Gazette of the RS.
On July 1, the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kristijan Šmit, made a decision to annul both laws.
According to the amendments to the Criminal Code of BiH, imposed by the high representative, Dodik and Lukić can be punished with six months to five years in prison, with a ban on performing duties and removal from office.
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