Several hundred Republika Srpska (RS) entity President Milorad Dodik supporters gathered at the inter-entity boundary line between the RS and the Federation (FBiH) entity in a rally called “the border exists”, blocking the M4 Stanic Rijeka – Doboj highway. The rally was led by members of Dodik’s Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD).

Few of the participants wanted to be in front of the cameras, and those who stopped said: “Our president has our support” and “we expect the RS to win.”

One of the participants said that “something must be resolved for the Serb people and that they hope for the best.”

“I expect a strong message to be sent that RS residents are firmly with the President and all the RS institutions. Gatherings can contribute to that,” said a young man from Teslic, while his older fellow citizen said: “Our legally elected President has our support, the people elected him.”

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Several hundred supporters of SNSD and Dodik are attending the gathering. This is one in a series of gatherings since the indictment against Milorad Dodik was confirmed by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the criminal offence of failure to execute the decisions of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Apart from him, the acting Director of the “Official Gazette of the RS” Milos Lukic was also accused of the same crime.

The name of the protest falsely implies that the boundary line between the two entities is a border, despite the fact that even the BiH Constitution in its original, English language form clearly states that the line is bud an administrative boundary line between the two entities and that it cannot be closed, preventing the freedom of movement of BiH citizens.