The Dayton accords break up Bosnia into autonomous halves – a Muslim-Croat federation and the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska – related by a central authorities below the supervision of the excessive consultant.
The excessive consultant holds huge powers in Bosnia – together with the power to successfully hearth political leaders and strip them of energy.
Dodik, the present Republika Srpska president, pushed via two legal guidelines in 2023 beforehand annulled by Schmidt.
The laws refused to recognise choices made by the excessive consultant and Bosnia’s constitutional court docket within the Serbian entity.
For years, Dodik has pursued a relentless separatist agenda that has put him on collision course with Bosnia’s establishments.
The Republika Srpska president has repeatedly threatened to tug the Serb statelet out of Bosnia’s central establishments – together with its military, judiciary and tax system, which has led to sanctions from the US.
