The warrant means that police officers who have met the majority of the Serbs presence in the country of Republika Srpska must immediately arrest him.
Courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina have issued nationwide arrest warrants for Milora Doddik and two others after the president of the Bosnian Serb-controlled Republika SRPSKA entity ignored the state level last week.
The other two are the organization’s Prime Minister Radovan Visikovich and Parliament President Nenad Stevandic. A warrant means that police officers from the country who encounter them must immediately arrest them.
They are all accused of anti-constitutional conduct. Bosnian media reports that Stevandic has left the country for Serbia.
Bosnian state-level prosecutors issued a warrant for the trio last weekthis is not running.
Dodik has not commented on the new warrant yet, but posted to X that Republika Srpska is taking steps to form its own border police. This controls the borders of the Bosnian Federation and the Herzegovina Federation and the two national entities, Republika Srpska.
Dodik, who previously said he had not recognized the country’s state-level prosecutor’s office, refused the validity of last week’s warrant and attempted arrest, saying he would not go to Sarajevo for questions.
A state-level court in Bosnia convicted Dodik in late February for opposing the decision of Christian Schmidt, the envoy of international peace. The verdict is not final and Dodik can sue it.
Shortly afterwards, Dodik introduced a new law aimed at banning the operation of state-level security and judicial institutions, including about half of the territory of the Western Balkans.
The decision has been temporarily suspended by state-level constitutional courts.
Bosnia’s European peacekeeping forces say the EUFOR is strengthening its troops in response to tensions.
