21 minutes agoMilorad Dodik refuses to be declared before Bosnian court
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Republika Srpska's entity president, Milorad Dodik, and Republika Srpska's acting director of the official newspaper, Milos Lukic, have refused to be declared before the Bosnia and Herzegovina court for the indictment, which charges them with criminal work for failing to implement high representative decisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian [...]
Republika Srpska's entity president, Milorad Dodik, and Republika Srpska's acting director of the official newspaper, Milos Lukic, have refused to be declared before the Bosnia and Herzegovina court for the indictment, which charges them with criminal work for failing to implement senior representative decisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt.
“I don't know why the indictment was filed against me, I don't understand the indictment”, Dodik said at the session, held on Monday on October 16th.
Dodik refused even to stand when he was asked such a thing by the judge to offer his personal data and to declare himself for the indictment he was charged with, complaining in <x0 back injury”.
Judge Jasmine Devoviq Qosic, on official duty, ruled that Dodik and Lukic were acquitted of the indictment.
After the hearing, Dodik told the media that Bosnia and Herzegovina's Court and Prosecutorship are <x0-unconstitutional, illegal and imposed”, naming the judicial process as “”.
He said the laws he signed, which prompted the establishment of the indictment against him and Lukic, passed “on all constitutional procedures” in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.
Dodik stressed that he will defend himself as “president of the Republika Srpska” and that “in this way will be disbanded Bosnia and Herzegovina”.
He also complained that the indictment had not been handed over to him in Cyrillic, a language he understands.
In August, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Prosecutor brought an indictment against Dodik Lukiq for failing to implement the high representative's decisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt. The act against them was changed and then confirmed on September 11th.
In June, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska adopted laws concerning the failure to publish High Representative's decisions and the failure to implement decisions by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
High Representative Schmidt later decided to abolish them.
