Bosnian court wants INTERPOL to issue warrants for Dodik and Stevhaus

“The announcement of the warrant is at the disposal of the INTERPOL National Central Office”, confirmed for Radio Free Europe on 27 March by the Bosnian Court.

In an earlier response to Radio Free Europe, for another occasion, I NTERPOL said he does not issue warrants, but “at the request of member states and after compliance checks, I NTERPOL issues international reports on fugitives known as red ID”.

<x0) However, it is in the competence of INTERPOL member states to decide whether to arrest a person or not.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has become aware that it speaks to international arrests were requested on March 26th by Bosnia and Herzegovina's Prosecutor, who tasked Dodik and Steva persecutions, along with RS Prime Minister Radovan Viskovic, and other “persons for attacking Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitutional order.

As the basis for issuing papers, the Bosnian Prosecutor has stated that Dodik and Stevha persecuted, “exploiting their high positions in the Republika Srpska entity, avoiding legal border control procedures, have crossed the state border and released Bosnia and Herzegovina's” territory.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has declared that Dodik is currently in Israel, while Stevsa persecuted him, avoiding legal checks, has returned from Serbia to Bosnia on 18 March.

All circumstances show that Dodik and Stevha were likely persecuted at any moment to be located abroad”, said by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dodik, Viskovic and Steva persecution are suspected of assaulting constitutional order, and central arrests have been issued against them within Bosnia and Herzegovina, as confirmed for REL on 17 March. Every police agency, out of 16 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, should arrest them.

Where is Milorad Dodik?

Dodik is in Israel, attending a conference on anti-Semiticism in Jerusalem, while a warrant has been issued in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dodik had travelled to Israel on Tuesday, on the RS government's plane, launched by Belgrade.

A day before that, under still unclear circumstances, he had crossed the border between Bosnia and Serbia, when he had travelled to Batajnica, near Belgrade, to participate in the commemoration of the anniversary of NATO bombings.

Bosnian border police have announced they are conducting investigations concerning Dodik's crossing of the border, stressing that at the international border checkpoint Racan between Bosnia and Serbia there are no border barriers.

What preceded the request for arrest?

The request for the arrest of top RS officials comes in a turbulent period that followed after on February 26th Dodik was sentenced to first instance by the Bosnian Court to one year in prison and six years in detention to hold public office because of disrespect of the international high representative's decisions in Bosnia.

A day after the indictment, the RS People's Assembly adopted unconstitutional laws, with which, on entity territory, tried to ban the work of the Bosnian Court and Prosecutorship, the State Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA), as well as the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court on 7 March imposed temporary measures and banned the implementation of laws adopted by the entity Parliament.

After that, RS authorities continued with unconstitutional actions, including the review of a new entity constitution at a March 12th Assembly session, which envisions RS being “states”, the founding of the army entity and the abolition of the RS People's Council. /Periscope/