GRADIŠKA BORDER CROSSING - MONUMENT TO BiH'S FAILURE

FOČA, MAY 8 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Savo Minić has stated today that the Gradiška border crossing is a monument to the failure of BiH, adding that he no longer wants to deal with the FBiH, because that entity is trying to block everything coming from Srpska.

"Someone here says that Republika Srpska owes something to the FBiH, which is the reason it will not do something," Minić told the press in Foča. Commenting on the fact that the Prosecutor's Office of BiH has opened a case against Zijad Krnjić for obstructing the opening of the new Gradiška border crossing, Minić asked how much time and money had been lost so far. He noted that the Prosecutor's Office of BiH would not have done anything had the Republika Srpska Chamber of Commerce not filed a criminal complaint against Krnjić. "What is the Prosecutor's Office doing? It only acted when it came to President /Milorad/ Dodik, scheduling two hearings in two days; you will now see, based on this indictment, when and how the proceedings will unfold," Minić said. The prime minister also stressed that he no longer wants to deal with the FBiH because, everything they do is aimed at undermining anything coming from Republika Srpska. The Republika Srpska Chamber of Commerce filed a criminal complaint on suspicion that Krnjić, as a member of the Steering Board of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH, blocked the necessary procedures for putting the new border crossing on the bridge in Gradiška into operation by voting against amendments to the Rulebook on Internal Organisation. The complaint accuses him of abuse of office and negligent performance of duty, claiming that the disputed actions had continued since December, thereby blocking a project significant for the economy.