The Appellate Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) rejected Milorad Dodik’s appeal against the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to strip him of his mandate as President of Republika Srpska (RS) after the court ruling, it was confirmed to the Sarajevo portal Raport at the CEC.
After the decision of the Appellate Panel of the BiH Court, Dodik is officially no longer in the position of President of the RS.
After the final verdict was handed down to Dodik, by which he was sentenced to one year in prison and a six-year ban on political activity, for not implementing the decisions of the High Representative, the CEC decided to strip Dodik of his presidential mandate, which could be appealed to the Appellate Panel of the BiH Court for election appeals.
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With today’s decision of the Appellate Panel of the BiH Court, it has been finally determined that Dodik no longer holds the office of President of the RS, and the CEC is obliged to announce early elections for the president of the RS within 90 days.
Dodik announced today that he does not accept the verdict of the BiH Court, the decision of the CEC, and that the government in the RS will prevent the holding of early presidential elections.
He also said that BiH and the Dayton Agreement are “non-existent”, announcing a referendum on the independence of the RS by the end of the year, if in the meantime all decisions imposed by the High Representative in BiH, Christian Schmidt, are not annulled and a “permanent political solution” is not reached in that country.
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