BiH's RS entity passes new controversial law, abolishes budget financing of political parties

After a heated debate and a one-hour address by the president of the RS entity Milorad Dodik, lawmakers from the ruling majority in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (NSRS) passed the Draft Law on the Financing of Political Parties with 48 votes in favor. The law was proposed after the High Representative in BiH, Christian Schmidt, issued a decision prohibiting budget funding for Dodik's SNSD party. Pročitaj više