The US special representative for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, said that he believes that it is not yet time to remove Milorad Dodik, and that the US will react if there is a referendum.
After Escobar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also spoke out, saying that Dodik’s actions are violating the Constitution and undermining Dayton.
The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik confirmed that he has filed criminal charges against the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, for “unauthorizedly dealing with the affairs of the High Representative” and the director of the “Official Gazette of BiH”, Dragan Prusina, because he enabled the publication of the High Representative’s decisions.
“I filed a criminal complaint against Schmidt to the District Public Prosecutor’s Office in Banja Luka because he has been dealing with the affairs of the High Representative for a long time without authorization, for which he does not have a decision from the UN Security Council,” wrote Dodik on “Twitter”.
He stated that Schmidt, “with the intention of causing damage to the Republika Srpska, falsely presents himself as an official knowing that he was not appointed in accordance with Annex 10 of the Dayton Peace Agreement”.
According to Dodik, Schmidt thereby committed the criminal acts of unauthorized practice of a certain profession and false representation under Articles 310 and 313 of the Criminal Code of the Republika Srpska.
“I filed a criminal complaint against Dragan Prusina to the BiH Prosecutor’s Office because, as the director of the “Official Gazette of BiH”, knowingly violating the law, his influence, actions and decisions enabled the publication of the decisions of the so-called high representative in the “Official Gazette of BiH”, resulting in a serious violation of the rights of the Republika Srpska”, said Dodik.
According to his words, Prusina thereby committed criminal acts of abuse of position and unscrupulous work in the service under articles 220 and 224 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
