Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković expressed his dissatisfaction today with the Slovenian Government's decision to ban the dismissed President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, from entering the country.
"I do not interfere in the government's decisions, but I would not do that and would be more careful," said Janković, adding that he would continue to support the work of Prime Minister Robert Golob, Slovenian media reported.
The Slovenian government made a decision on Thursday to ban Dodik from entering the country, and the reasons were not made public.
Dodik was recently sentenced to a six-year ban from engaging in politics, as well as a suspended one-year prison sentence, for disrespecting the decisions of the High Representative of the international community for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt.
After that, the State Election Commission stripped him of his presidential mandate.
As a countermeasure, Republika Srpska has banned Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar and Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon from entering the entity.
Janković stated that during the next meeting, he would propose to Dodik that he revoke that decision, and he also commented on his call to voters in Slovenia to vote for the opposition and Janez Janša in next year's elections.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I don't interfere in that," Janković added.
The mayor of Ljubljana, who is known for his support for Dodik and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, also spoke about the activities of the high representative of the international community in BiH.
"He is a typical product of the European Union, a bureaucrat, an accountant, who in the end showed who was stronger. I can now compare him to the referees at the Slovenia - Germany basketball game. You won't hear from me that the referees stole, but giving the first player a technical foul in the second minute is just a message: 'On this court, I am the boss'," concluded Janković.
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