SARAJEVO: On Thursday, national officers attempted to arrest Bosnian Serb head Milorad Dodik, but he resisted out of fear of a conflict, and he was detained on suspicion of secession.
Dodik, the head of the Bosnian-Serb statelet, is wanted by the country’s northern judiciary in response to a string of rebel repressive measures, but he continues to violate an arrest warrant that was issued in mid-March. Bosnia has been divided into two highly autonomous halves, the Serbs ‘ Republika Srpska ( RS ) and a Muslim-Croat Federation, which are both under a weak central government, ever since the ethnic conflict of the 1990s ended.
Federal police officers attempted to apprehend Dodik on Wednesday but were obstructed by Bosnian Serb inside government forces as they attempted to enter an official building in East Sarajevo, a Serb-controlled region south of the Croatian money.
According to Jelena Miovcic, a spokeswoman for the federal police force ( SIPA ), “our colleagues from the RS ministry simply weren’t cooperative or, rather, they believed it shouldn’t be carried out, that it might lead to some conflict.”
” We merely determined that going forward might lead to bigger issues…” We ultimately decided not to enter with arms. She told AFP,” It was meant to be handled in a civilized manner, to discuss clearly that we are officially required to impose the court order against Bosnia and Herzegovina,” she said.
Dodik alleged “violating RS laws” against the federal officers and court from the statelet at an impromptu press conference on Wednesday night. He reappeared on Thursday in East Sarajevo to witness the college building’s groundbreaking amid a larger-than-usual police presence.
Dodik, 66, has consistently contested decisions made by Christian Schmidt, the global high rep overseeing the Serbian peace offer. Dodik’s party’s entire federal assistance will be immediately suspended, according to Schmidtt’s announcement on Thursday.
Dodik received a time in prison and a six-year ban from running for office after the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced him in February. Dodik upheld the decision, and in response, he forbade the national police and judiciary to run Republika Srpska.
