Milorad Dodik, the president of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian entity Republika Srpska (RS), voluntarily approached the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for questioning on suspicion of the criminal offense of Attack on the Constitutional Order.
A joint statement from the Court and the Prosecutor's Office of BiH stated that on July 4, Milorad Dodik voluntarily appeared at the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, accompanied by his defense attorney, for questioning as a suspect in the criminal offense of Attack on the Constitutional Order under Article 156, paragraph 1, of the Criminal Code of BiH.
On the same day, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, Dodik was brought before the Court of BiH, where a hearing was held.
"On the same day, acting upon the proposal of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, he was brought before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a hearing was held at which the Court of BiH issued a decision accepting the proposal of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and terminating the detention of the suspect Milorad Dodik, given that it was determined that the reasons for which he was previously ordered no longer exist," they said in a joint statement.
At the same time, they say, he was ordered to report periodically to a state authority.
Prohibiting measures imposed pursuant to this decision may last as long as there is a need for them or until a different decision of the Court.
The justification for the duration of the imposed prohibitive measures will be reviewed every two months. The suspect has been specifically warned that he may be placed in custody if he violates the obligations under certain prohibitive measures - the joint statement states.
Milorad Dodik, along with some of his closest political associates, has been avoiding arrest for several months on a central warrant issued in the country, in an investigation being conducted against him for attacking the constitutional order of BiH.
In March of this year, this judicial institution issued an order to the judicial police to detain Dodik, Republika Srpska Prime Minister Radovan Višković, and Republika Srpska National Assembly President Nenad Stevandić.
The arrest warrant charges them with committing the criminal offense of "attacking the constitutional order."
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