3 hours agoUN: Republika Srpska's recent decisions influenced the removal of sanctions on Dodik
Periskopi(7 months ago)
(7 months ago)US State Department (DASH) said the constructive “operations undertaken over the past few weeks by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska influenced the US decision to lift sanctions against former Bosnian Serb elite Milorad Dodik, and dozens of related individuals and companies. Dodik, president of the Alliance of Social Democrats [...]
Dodik, president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was sanctioned twice because of the violation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Sanctions against him, members of his family, companies and close associates were removed Wednesday.
KAS stressed in an answer to REL-as the actions of the Bosnian Serb entity Assembly “should help improve stability in Bosnia and enable a partnership with the United States based on shared interests, economic potential and prosperity”.
“We will continue to work closely with political actors throughout Bosnia to set common priorities”, said in response.
Aside from Dodik, whose mandate was lifted as president of the Serbian entity after being sentenced to prison for disrespecting the high representative's decisions in Bosnia, was removed from the US blacklist, Bosnia Presidency member Zeljka Cvianovic and over 40 individuals and legal subjects.
The US Office for Foreign Property Control (OFAC) did not explain why it removed them from the sanctions list in its announcement Wednesday.
What decisions did the Assembly of Republika Srpska make?
On 18 October, the General Assembly of the Serbian entity adopted a law on abolishing laws that had already been declared invalid by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia.
These include the Law on the Indirect Property Used for the Function of Public Authorities, the Law on Disabilities of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia, the Electoral Law of the Republika Srpska, the Law for Banning Foreign Institution activities of Bosnia, the Law for Changes in the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska and the Law for the High Judicial Council of Republika Srpska.
Dodik was sentenced by the Bosnian court for signing a law calling for failing to comply with the decisions of the Bosnian Constitutional Court in its direction.
In addition to serving a year in prison, which he later replaced with a fine, Dodik was barred from taking office for six years.
The General Assembly also nullified the 12 parliamentary conclusions of December 2024, which some Western embassies described in a joint statement as <x0 positions against the Dayton Agreement”.
The assembly also nominated Ana Trishiq-Daddy, former Dodik's adviser, as incumbent president of Republika Srpska. /Periscope/
