Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik stated today in Banja Luka that the "geopolitical position of RS" will be changed, stating that the entity is a state, and announced at a press conference that a "list of enemies of RS" will be published.
He also announced that a law on non-governmental organizations will be adopted no later than March, according to which all NGOs that receive funding from abroad will be obliged to report this to the RS Ministries of Justice and Finance.
In addition, Dodik gave commercial banks in the RS a three-month deadline to return 750 million convertible marks (about 385 million euros) to the RS, which, he said, they had taken out of the RS and used that money to buy bonds in other countries.
"If you don't return that money to the RS within three months, you will be closed the first day after that," he threatened the banks.
According to him, due to the actions of the previous US administration and its influence on the banking sector in the RS, commercial banks have stopped cooperating with the public sector in the RS, although they have made huge profits thanks to deposits, primarily from entity institutions and public enterprises in those banks.
Dodik said that RS is economically and financially stable, that its budget deficit is only 0,6 percent, announcing a ten percent increase in salaries for budget users and a 40 percent increase for the police.
He also announced a change in the law to give the police greater powers, stating that this "does not mean that a police state is being created in RS, but a safe state."
He also said that he had heard that the pro-Bosniak coalition "Trojka" had broken off its coalition with the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), of which he is the leader, and said that he was "breaking off the coalition with Trojka".
In his first public appearance after the operation on December 9th in Belgrade, Dodik refused to answer journalists' questions.
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