The President of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian entity Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik said tonight that the BiH Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) broke the law by attempting to arrest him in the Administrative Center in East Sarajevo, because RS adopted a law prohibiting that police agency from operating on its territory.
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"This is Republika Srpska, and SIPA broke the law. I feel good and safe. I have no intention of leaving this facility under pressure," Dodik said at a press conference at the RS Administrative Center in East Sarajevo.
According to him, tonight in front of the building was "Kemal Ademović's brother, who was the wartime head of AID (the Bosniak wartime intelligence service)."
"This is not the territory where BiH's authority is exercised," Dodik said.
He stressed that SIPA "cannot do anything", adding that those who think they can scare members of the RS police are "just plain fools".
"The authority is in the RS, not at the level of BiH. We said that SIPA cannot operate on the territory of the RS," said Dodik.
SIPA's actions and the decisions of the Court of BiH, which are a consequence of decisions imposed by High Representative Kristijan Šmit, Dodik assessed, can only lead to the disappearance of BiH and the departure of RS from that state.
He reiterated that he is in favor of dialogue, provided that all decisions imposed by Schmidt are withdrawn, including amendments to the Criminal Code of BiH, on the basis of which he was convicted before the Court of BiH for failure to implement the decisions of the High Representative.
He also accused the opposition in RS of being "traitors", emphasizing that the RS government is not in favor of conflicts and war, as some media outlets accuse it of.
RS Minister of Interior Siniša Karan stated that RS is "a stable place to live and will remain so."
"Citizens are calm and peaceful. Peace is a priority in the RS. The Ministry of Interior will carry out its constitutional duties," he said.
He assessed that the most important thing in the defense of the RS is its institutions.
"For thirty years, RS has been continuously attacked. They are trying to deal the final blow to BiH, and this is being done by Kristijan Šmit, the unconstitutional Court of BiH, and the Prosecutor's Office of BiH," Karan concluded.
SIPA previously confirmed that inspectors from this agency arrived in front of the RS Administrative Center in East Sarajevo tonight with the intention of executing the order of the Court of BiH to arrest RS President Milorad Dodik, but that they were prevented from doing so by members of the RS police.
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Dodik is suspected of attacking the constitutional order of BiH and the Court of BiH issued a central arrest warrant for him because he did not respond to the State Prosecutor's Office's summons to be questioned.
All police agencies in BiH were ordered to bring Dodik to the Court of BiH, which ordered his detention.
In addition to Dodik, a central arrest warrant has also been issued for RS Prime Minister Radovan Višković and RS Parliament Speaker Nenad Stevandić.
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