{"id":167430,"date":"2025-02-27T11:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=167430"},"modified":"2025-02-27T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:08:31","slug":"political-witch-hunt-orban-harshly-criticizes-dodiks-verdict-milanovic-warns-this-could-happen-to-croats-too-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/political-witch-hunt-orban-harshly-criticizes-dodiks-verdict-milanovic-warns-this-could-happen-to-croats-too-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;POLITICAL WITCH HUNT&#8221;: Orban harshly criticizes Dodik\u2019s verdict, Milanovi\u0107 warns this could happen to Croats too! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister <strong>Viktor Orban<\/strong> commented on social media following the <strong>conviction of Milorad Dodik<\/strong>, the President of <strong>Republika Srpska<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orban posted a message on the social network <strong>X<\/strong>, formerly known as Twitter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The political witch hunt against President Milorad Dodik is a sad example of using the legal system as a weapon against a democratically elected leader. If we want to preserve stability in the Western Balkans, this is not the way forward!&#8221;<\/em> Orban stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His message was <strong>reposted by Milorad Dodik<\/strong> on his own profile on the same social network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The political witch hunt against President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiloradDodik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MiloradDodik<\/a> is a sad example of the weaponization of the legal system aimed at a democratically elected leader.<br><br>If we want to safeguard stability in the Western Balkans, this is not the way forward!<\/p>&mdash; Orb\u00e1n Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PM_ViktorOrban\/status\/1894780993627635968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The President of Croatia Also Spoke Out<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Croatian President <strong>Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/strong> questioned <strong>what century people are living in today<\/strong>, as a <em>&#8220;colonial administrator&#8221;<\/em> attempts to <strong>remove the most popular Serbian politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, from politics<\/strong>. He emphasized that this <strong>will not intimidate the Serbs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Dodik is the most popular politician among Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is the so-called European way, which is completely wrong. It&#8217;s not even violent. It&#8217;s meddling, scheming, an attempt to remove a democratically elected representative of the Serbian people\u2014whom we&#8217;ve had many disagreements with\u2014from political life just because he didn&#8217;t obey the order of a colonial administrator, a long-retired German politician. What century are we living in?&#8221;<\/em> Milanovi\u0107 asked, as reported by <strong>RTRS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a <strong>press conference<\/strong>, Milanovi\u0107 commented on the <strong>verdict against the President of Republika Srpska<\/strong>, warning that <strong>&#8220;tomorrow, this could happen to Croats too.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Someone thinks this will intimidate the Serbs\u2014 it won\u2019t. It will only make them more defiant,&#8221;<\/em> Milanovi\u0107 said, adding that he is <strong>&#8220;not defending Dodik.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"sl\" dir=\"ltr\">Moj omiljeni predsednik, brat Srbin Zoki. \ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fjM0iyJWO6\">pic.twitter.com\/fjM0iyJWO6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Goran Jeremi\u0107 (@slobodan_X_svoj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slobodan_X_svoj\/status\/1894786534794055732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Milanovi\u0107 believes that <strong>finding a common language and an agreement with the Serbs<\/strong> is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;We must try to find common ground and an agreement with the Serbs, who have always acted as if they are in a straitjacket. Not by making a third party suffer, as the doom-mongers from Sarajevo constantly repeat. Even if we had ill intentions, we wouldn\u2019t be capable of that. We just want equal rights, for Croats to elect their own representatives\u2014nothing more,&#8221;<\/em> Milanovi\u0107 stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also expressed his belief that the <strong>Serbs will not secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina easily<\/strong>, but that <strong>this kind of approach only helps them move in that direction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b02525\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbian-kickboxers-show-no-mercy-incredible-12-medals-at-the-european-cup-in-bulgaria-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SERBIAN KICKBOXERS SHOW NO MERCY: Incredible 12 medals at the European Cup in Bulgaria! 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