President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik will today testify as a defense witness on the trial to the General Ratko Mladić at the Hague Tribunal.
Dodik confirmed he will testify about the deelopment of political situation regarding the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
“I was a delegate in the Assembly fot he Socialist Federal Republic of B&H on the first multiparty elections, and later a delegate in the National Assembly, and my testimony will relate exclusively to the political circumstances regarding the beginning of war,” Dodik said earlier.
Dodik noted that the public is already familiar with his attitudes towards the period he is to testify about.
Furthermore, Dodik considers it is a duty of everyone who is invited to testify in front of the Hague Tribunal to respond to the invitation.
“I believe it is a duty of everyone invited by both the defense and the prosecution to participate, because Hague has its dimension,” Dodik said.
Continuation of the trial to Mladić at the Hague Tribunal is scheduled for today at 9:30 a.m.
(Source: klix.ba)
