As he took an oath to serve as the new President of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity, Milorad Dodik warned that he will propose secession from the country in case anyone “interferes” in the legal issue of property which he believes belongs to the entity.
Dodik, as well as the new vice presidents of the entity, Camil Durakovic and Davor Pranjic, were sworn in at a session of the RS National Assembly on Tuesday.
The main opposition parties in the entity, the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and the Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), boycotted the ceremony where the new Bosnian Serb member of the tripartite BiH Presidency, Zeljka Cvijanovic, also took an oath.
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“I am proud of the victory and of the citizens who voted for Milorad Dodik. Some policies that we will implement are part of our continuous efforts, some are new. The new ones are related to our adaptation to global processes”, said Dodik.
He announced a review of policy priorities in order to “ensure that RS responds quickly to challenges.”
“Any delay can be disastrous. We will have to do a lot more than before, although I can't say that we haven't worked hard. We provided the responses that were expected and affirmative,” he said.
Dodik said his cooperation with the RS vice presidents will always be motivated towards the RS being a home “for every person who lives on its territory.”
“Our policy will be to respect the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and if this is not done, we will not recognize such a Bosnia and Herzegovina. We say that the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a sufficient framework for us, but freedom disappears when the Constitution is violated,” he said.
“If anyone dares to interfere in the property-legal relations of the RS without a debate and our reflection on it, they will be signing off the decision that I will propose here on the secession of the Republika Srpska,” he said.
Dodik repeated that he does not accept the authority of Christian Schmidt, the official tasked with overseeing the civilian implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement. He said that the RS will accept the “false High Representative”.
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