The law banning genocide denial which the former High Representative of the international community imposed in Bosnia last year “will never be published in the Official Gazette” of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity, BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik said on Friday.
Dodik said that the semi-autonomous RS entity is “sovereign in decision-making and does not represent a destabilizing factor in the country.”
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His statements come in light of the ongoing political crisis in Bosnia over his initiative to withdraw from numerous state institutions that were established through post-war reforms with the agreement of both of BiH’s entities – the RS and the Federation (FBiH).
Dodik, who is also the leader of the ruling party in the RS, initiated the move after former High Representative Valentin Inzko used his special powers in July 2021 to impose a law banning war crimes denial and glorification of war criminals. This also refers to denial of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide – which has been frequent among RS political leadership.
Dodik now argues that the agreements to transfer competencies in the judiciary, tax system, defence and other sectors after the war were made under pressure and that the institutions that were established at the state level are not in line with the Constitution, which is part of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement.
“Of course, we do not accept the so-called Inzko's law and it will not be published in the Official Gazette of Republika Srpska. How part of the international community will resolve this issue, we leave it to them. But we do not want to sit idly, waiting for the mercy of unelected foreign nationals to address the issue of the disputed law,” he told Nezavisne Novine, referring to the current High Representative, Christian Schmidt.
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