SRNA News Roundup /II/ September 23, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ZVORNIK, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik has said today that Zvornik is a successful local community, but that it needs a new City Administration building to house all services and departments so that citizens could resolve all issues in one place. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - It is evident that the mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, has remained completely alone and that everyone should ask themselves why this is so, said SNSD spokesman Radovan Kovačević. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - Constitutional law professor Siniša Karan told SRNA that the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg are aimed at creating an imaginary, unitary state and destroying the constitutional order of BiH, and that the implementation of those decisions is unsustainable and overall socially unacceptable and unenforceable, because that would make the Dayton BiH disappear. BANJA LUKA, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The Helicopter Service of Republika Srpska carried out an emergency medical air transport of patient B.B. /61/ from Trebinje General Hospital to the University Clinical Center /UKC/ of Republika Srpska due to an acute MI, said the senior director of this service, Boban Kusturić. ISTOČNO SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The Mayor of Istočno Sarajevo Ljubiša Ćosić and Vice President of the Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries of the Guangzhou Province in the Chinese city of Lanzhou, Lu Yunzhao, signed today a letter of intent to establish diplomatic relations between the two cities, which implies the improvement of mutual understanding and friendship, as well as the development and strengthening of friendly cooperation. BIJELJNA, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The Court of General Jurisdiction in Bijeljina ordered a one-month detention for the former director of the Center for Social Work, Milorad Sofrenić, who is suspected of abuse of office or authority in the period from 2018 to the end of December 2020. BiH ZVORNIK, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said that even in Sarajevo they realized that Christian Schmidt is a fake high representative, and asked how Schmidt could appear in the Court in Strasbourg, but not before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The families of Serb victims are not satisfied with the trials in the Hague Court, and especially in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and they consider the processing of war crimes cases to be proof of the defeat of the domestic judiciary. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - 400 suspects and accused persons for war crimes are unavailable to the judicial authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said today the president of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council /HJPC/ BiH Halil Lagumdžija. SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - Bosnia and Herzegovina could have done more when it comes to war crimes cases, considering that many of those who are suspected, accused, and even convicted, are at large, chief prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts in the Hague, Serge Brammertz, has stated. SERBIA POŽAREVAC, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The mayor of Požarevac Saša Pavlović hosted the delegation of Republika Srpska led by Assistant Minister of Culture Tanja Đaković as part of the "Srpska Days in Serbia" event. 2024. ELECTIONS SREBRENICA, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - SNSD President Milorad Dodik pointed out today that it is important that the unity of the Serb political parties in Srebrenica has been achieved on the joint candidate for the mayor of the municipality, Miloš Vučić, and that this support guarantees his election victory. BRATUNAC, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - SNSD President Milorad Dodik said at the pre-election rally in Bratunac that a stable local government is needed in the municipalities in Podrinje for the sake of good cooperation of the Serbian people on both sides of the Drina river. TESLIĆ, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - SNSD's candidate for the mayor of Teslić, Nedeljko Kerić, said that the people of Teslić are ready for changes that, if he wins the local elections on October 6, will set the whole region in motion. PRNJAVOR, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - A coalition agreement between SNSD and DNS was signed in Prnjavor today, which provides for support in the upcoming local elections for Darko TomaŠ, SNSD's candidate for mayor of Prnjavor. PALE, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The President of the United Srpska Nenad Stevandić said tonight that Republika Srpska used to consider Pale as the cradle of Srpska, and that he was glad to have like-minded people on this issue. DOBOJ, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The president of DEMOS, Nedeljko Čubrilović, opened today the election office of the party in the Bukovica Mala settlement in Doboj for the Krnjina area, and pointed out that he expects the support of citizens in these elections as well. DERVENTA, SEPTEMBER 23 /SRNA/ - The holder of the PDP list for the Derventa City Assembly, Mirko Petrić, said that if this party wins the vote of confidence in the local elections, it is determined to undertake activities for the progress of Derventa.