Dodik agrees to postpone RS referendum

Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik has stated that RS authorities have come into contact with Brussels and agreed to postpone a planned referendum.

Izvor: Blic

Thursday, 12.05.2011.

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Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik has stated that RS authorities have come into contact with Brussels and agreed to postpone a planned referendum. This comes "as a sign of good will so as to enable opening of a dialogue on the questions that RS has tabled". Dodik agrees to postpone RS referendum The RS citizens were to vote in June on whether they supported decision imposed by the high international representative in Bosnia, including the 2003 setting up of the Court and Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Current high representative Valentin Inzko has threatened to annul the decision, and said it was violating the Dayton peace deal. “We are in the process of intensive talks with certain European structures on possible solutions,” Dodik said, adding that the Serb entity was carefully preparing for the talks so that Europe could not find fault with anything. In an interview for the Thursday edition of the Belgrade-based daily Blic, Dodik said that the goal of the RS is to amend the law, which is the focus of the announced referendum. “If the talks with Europe result in a strong statement by an important EU representative saying that our requests are justified and correct then the referendum will lose its point since its goal is to look for a solution. Regardless of their activities, Europe and the U.S. will have to provide answers to these questions since the reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina is unmatchable with the legal systems in Europe and America,” Dodik said. When asked about the next move if the talks with the EU do not yield results, Dodik answered that in that case a referendum was "certain". If High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko revokes the decision on referendum, that will make the RS rethink its behavior, Dodik said. “In that case each next move of Bosnia will be conditioned by our request for referendum, and there are also other issues that we will raise,” Dodik sad, adding that if Inzko decides to dismiss him, he will ask for opinion of people who elected him. Milorad Dodik (FoNet, file)

Dodik agrees to postpone RS referendum

The RS citizens were to vote in June on whether they supported decision imposed by the high international representative in Bosnia, including the 2003 setting up of the Court and Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Current high representative Valentin Inzko has threatened to annul the decision, and said it was violating the Dayton peace deal.

“We are in the process of intensive talks with certain European structures on possible solutions,” Dodik said, adding that the Serb entity was carefully preparing for the talks so that Europe could not find fault with anything.

In an interview for the Thursday edition of the Belgrade-based daily Blic, Dodik said that the goal of the RS is to amend the law, which is the focus of the announced referendum.

“If the talks with Europe result in a strong statement by an important EU representative saying that our requests are justified and correct then the referendum will lose its point since its goal is to look for a solution. Regardless of their activities, Europe and the U.S. will have to provide answers to these questions since the reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina is unmatchable with the legal systems in Europe and America,” Dodik said.

When asked about the next move if the talks with the EU do not yield results, Dodik answered that in that case a referendum was "certain".

If High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko revokes the decision on referendum, that will make the RS rethink its behavior, Dodik said.

“In that case each next move of Bosnia will be conditioned by our request for referendum, and there are also other issues that we will raise,” Dodik sad, adding that if Inzko decides to dismiss him, he will ask for opinion of people who elected him.

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