Dodik: RS reaching end of tether

Milorad Dodik says he doesn’t question Bosnia-Hercegovina in its Dayton framework, but he won’t abide attempts to scrap the RS. Commenting on media reports that two Bosniak organizations, the Congress of North American Bosniaks and the Bosnian Advisory Council, had launched a campaign to bring about amendments to the Dayton Accords with a view to ever greater centralization of the country, the RS premier said that they could pull off a “coup d’etat only in their own house, with their own wives and children”. Dodik: RS reaching end of tether “As far as the Republic of Srpska (RS) is concerned, it is permanently committed to provoking them by its existence, stability and strengthening. I’m glad that’s happening and that the RS is provoking them through its respect,” said the prime minister. He said that the U.S. also supported the Dayton Accords, which were the only viable solution for Bosnia-Hercegovina. “When we talk about the Dayton Accords, we’re thinking about the original Dayton and we think that we have more legitimacy to seek a reanalysis of transfer of responsibilities from Bosnia-Hercegovina than certain others have to ask for further transfer of responsibilities from entity to state level,” said Dodik. The prime minister reiterated that the two Bosniak organizations in question, and earlier the U.S. Congress, had proposed certain declarations promoting the country’s centralization. “It’s clear that certain people in Sarajevo, who frequently go and hold sessions in Washington, are trying to lobby Congress,” he pointed out, adding that they included the head of the Islamic Community Mustafa Ceric and Party for Bosnia-Hercegovina leader Haris Silajdzic. “The RS is constantly exposed to chicanery and questioning,” said Dodik, stating that it was questionable how long the RS could put up with it. “If we look at the actions of such organizations in that context, then they could be a cause for long-term instability in Bosnia-Hercegovina, and could even bring into question the country’s very survival,” the RS prime minister warned. He said that he was aware of the fact that a media campaign was being led against him that was coming primarily from the media in Sarajevo, as well as from certain representatives of the international community. Milorad Dodik (FoNet, archive)

Dodik: RS reaching end of tether

“As far as the Republic of Srpska (RS) is concerned, it is permanently committed to provoking them by its existence, stability and strengthening. I’m glad that’s happening and that the RS is provoking them through its respect,” said the prime minister.

He said that the U.S. also supported the Dayton Accords, which were the only viable solution for Bosnia-Hercegovina.

“When we talk about the Dayton Accords, we’re thinking about the original Dayton and we think that we have more legitimacy to seek a reanalysis of transfer of responsibilities from Bosnia-Hercegovina than certain others have to ask for further transfer of responsibilities from entity to state level,” said Dodik.

The prime minister reiterated that the two Bosniak organizations in question, and earlier the U.S. Congress, had proposed certain declarations promoting the country’s centralization.

“It’s clear that certain people in Sarajevo, who frequently go and hold sessions in Washington, are trying to lobby Congress,” he pointed out, adding that they included the head of the Islamic Community Mustafa Cerić and Party for Bosnia-Hercegovina leader Haris Silajdžić.

“The RS is constantly exposed to chicanery and questioning,” said Dodik, stating that it was questionable how long the RS could put up with it.

“If we look at the actions of such organizations in that context, then they could be a cause for long-term instability in Bosnia-Hercegovina, and could even bring into question the country’s very survival,” the RS prime minister warned.

He said that he was aware of the fact that a media campaign was being led against him that was coming primarily from the media in Sarajevo, as well as from certain representatives of the international community.