Fight for Republika Srpska: Is there a risk of disempowering the Serbs?

Fight for Republika Srpska: Is there a risk of disempowering the Serbs?

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The Serbian nationalist Milorad Dodik, President of the Republica Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is faced with a massive challenge. He was sentenced to a one -year prison sentence because he disregarded internationally defined requirements. This judgment could further heat up the existing political tensions in the country. Dodik also has to withdraw from his office and should not hold any political positions in the next six years if the judgment has become legal, as Tagesschau His offense is related to two laws that he had signed that were considered unconstitutional and endanger the integrity of the Dayton peace agreement.

Republika Srpska is currently the goal of a procedure before the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The political situation requires a tangible intervention by the population and the political actors to stop the centralistic tendencies that want to undermine the autonomy of Republika Srpska. This legal procedure could have serious consequences and seriously endanger the constitutional rights and the political existence of the Republika Srpska. ots emphasizes that the population may be forced to request a referendum via their political status if the centralization movement continues.

dodik, an open supporter of splitting down the Republika Srpska of Bosnia, has already announced that it to say goodbye to the political laws that should prevent the state authority preceding from Sarajevo. He describes the allegations against him as politically motivated and fears that a judicial decision against him could "put the death blow". These developments stir up fears of renewed unrest in an already split nation in which ethnic conflicts have remained inevitable since the civil war from 1992 to 1995. The political actors of the Republika Srpska are now required to actively work for the preservation of autonomy.