Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik told reporters that he expects upcoming sessions of the EU-sponsored Structured Dialogue on Justice to resolve outstanding issues concerning the BiH judiciary. If the goals of the Dialogue process are met, there will be no need to hold the controversial RS referendum on BiH institutions.
Dodik said that the main reason for calling a referendum in Republika Srpska on the judiciary and decisions imposed by the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is in a joint statement, which he signed four years ago with the former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, but that nothing has been either completed or defined so far.
“If the objectives listed in the joint statement are achieved, the reasons for calling a referendum could be qualified as realized. In this respect, the referendum has already achieved its objective,” said Dodik.
The Srpska president has expressed his expectations that the structured dialogue will define everything necessary for the judiciary reform in BiH in order to have comprehensive and high quality reform in accordance with the Constitution and competencies.
