After yesterday’s rally in support of the President of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik, which was organized by the authorities, another one began today at noon in front of the RS National Assembly, entitled “Protection and Defense of Republika Srpska and Its Institutions”. The gathering has already begun, and the RS Ministry of Interior expects that there will be even more people today. Armored vehicles are also on the ground.
14:05 – Milorad Dodik spoke.
“As of today, the BiH you imagined is no longer there”.
We will defend ourselves at every step, today we will defend our Constitution with our judiciary and police, said the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik.
Dodik thanked everyone who supports a strong Republika Srpska, which does not depend on the will of anyone outside.
” Message for Schmidt – when you see him, tell the police so we can arrest him and expel him from here. He does not deserve to pass through Serbian land. I will not allow the distorted will of the people of Sarajevo, who are not only Muslim people, to destroy Srpska – he adds.
As Dodik points out, the thing is that one judge, Sena Uzunuvic, accepted to rule against Milorad Dodik, and before her the judge was Miroslav Strika, that this process is a farce. “Uzunovic acquitted Muslims who killed Serbs, they are not guilty, but Milorad Dodik is guilty” – he adds.
He pointed out that the fight will be on a political level and no Muslim in Republika Srpska must have any problems.
13:55 – Member of the Presidency of BiH Željka Cvijanović said at the rally that “the best is yet to come” and that she will make decisions that will please the public.
“These people in Sarajevo used a dirty trick, they accepted that the court proceedings were conducted on based on the decision of a foreigner, who came without authorization. What is clearer to us today is the goal of leaving RS without political leadership – she said and continued: “They really think we are fools and that we do not see what they are defending. They defend everything except the Constitution and constitutional principles and everything that has nothing to do with morality. You will not chase us and mistreat us like rabbits.
13:45 – Minister of Trade and Economic Relations of BiH Staša Košarac said that he would “abolish the Sarajevo Hague”
13:40 Acting Director of the Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska Miloš Lukić stated that the acquittal for him in the process before the Court of BiH does not change anything, that is, it does not change the essence that the process was conducted against the institutions of the Republika Srpska.
“This decision of the Court does not represent any reason for any satisfaction or happiness. What will remain inscribed is that all this is a great shame and an attack on the institutions and people of Republika Srpska,” Lukić said.
13:33 Croatian lawyer Ante Nobilo: “We knew from the beginning that this would not be a fair trial. Your problem is not Bosniaks or Croats, but unreasonable foreigners who have been running this country for almost thirty years.”
13:30 Minister of Justice of the Government of RS Miloš Bukeilović: “Reject the complete verdict procedure and everything that may result from it”.
13:26 Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republika Srpska Dragan Lukač. “I call on you to remain calm, brave, composed and not to be afraid of anyone or anything because this is ours and has always been ours, this is what we defend, this is what we will defend. We will defend our peace and our way of life. It must follow from this: we must stand behind the institutions and our president.”
13:25 Milorad Dodik addresses the gathered citizens.
“We have to be cheerful! I have been sentenced to their s*** for a year – said Dodik.
“We must be cheerful. Now the people here will tell you why we are not guilty. There is no reason to worry, I have learned to deal with more difficult things, it is important to me that you are here,” Dodik said briefly.
Dodik was greeted with applause from the gathered SNSD supporters in front of the RSNA building.
He said that the speakers behind him would say why he was not guilty and that he would not talk about it.
12:00 The President of the Republika Srpska entity Milorad Dodik held a press conference on the eve of the verdict. He said that today is an important day, although he did not experience it that way, he considers it important for RS and BiH.
He also commented on the statement of the President of the HJPC Sanin Bogunić, who said that the judiciary is not a show business and said that acting prevails in the HJPC.
“And that is what we are fighting against, against their cynicism and arrogance and for them to continue behaving in the same way. At this moment, the only thing that has always been difficult for me is the memory of many of our people who had to go through the injustice called the court and the prosecution. RS remains committed to peace and the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we ask our partners in the FBiH to remain committed to the Constitution. That’s all we want,” Dodik said.
He also says that he is not interested in talks about the European path.
“We are working to prosecute Schmidt in his country for what he did and falsely represented himself. “When everything is over and when Dodik is not elected president of the RS by the will of the people, I will fight Schmidt,” he says.
He also says that he would endure any kind of punishment, but he cannot stand being thought stupid and naive.
Speaking about the judiciary, he said that European henchmen destroyed it with henchmen from the US Embassy.
He also called for the preservation of the constitutional order.
“Muslims, Bosniaks and Croats in the RS are free people and I respect their right to live here,” he said.
He announced that the RS National Assembly would make important decisions today.
“We were not able to do this before. After 30 years of Dayton, it is time to conclude that BiH on the path it is on is a failed story. What we are doing is another chance for BiH,” says Dodik.
He said that Sarajevo will not remove him.
12:52 – Željka Cvijanović, a member of the Presidency of BiH, also arrived at the session of the RS National Assembly with Dodik.
12:50 – Milorad Dodik also arrived at the RS National Assembly.
The people greeted him with thunderous applause, shouting: “Mile, Mile…” His speech is expected. At the same time, citizens, who are in front of the National Assembly, are watching a special session on a video screen, where Višković is speaking, who spent most of his time talking about Schmidt.
“The PIC is a council of elders and the president of Vodovod is a bigger man than Schmidt,” said Višković.
He also called on citizens “not to fall for the stories, and to understand that they are not bad guys, but only demand respect for the Constitution”.
12:10 The National Assembly of Republika Srpska continued its special session, the agenda of which includes Information on the overthrow of the Constitution of BiH, measures and tasks aimed at protecting the Constitution of BiH.
The head of the SNSD parliamentary group, Srđan Mazalica, said that the trial of Dodik and Lukić represents an attack on Srpska and its institutions, and that a unified position of MPs is needed. Mazalica stressed that it is necessary for MPs in the Republika Srpska parliament to agree on this and the conclusions that will be proposed.
– All this is an attack on the constitutional order – stressed Mazalica.
The president of the List for Justice and Order, Nebojša Vukanović, was removed from the assembly hall for violating the assembly’s Rules of Procedure. He was removed accompanied by parliamentary security. The president of the Republika Srpska National Assembly, Nenad Stevandić, said earlier that he had imposed a ban on Vukanović from attending the session last night, due to inappropriate behavior and insulting the president of Republika Srpska, Federalna writes.
