SRNA News Roundup /II/ - March 27, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BANJA LUKA, MARCH 27 /SRNA./ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik told SRNA that some representatives of the international community should have taken Republika Srpska officials seriously when they said they would not accept any imposition. BELGRADE, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić spoke today with Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, and pointed out that preparations for the great Easter Assembly are going well. BANJA LUKA, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Radovan Višković said that the essence of the latest imposition of amendments to the Election Law by Christian Schmidt is the elimination of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik from the political life in BiH. BANJA LUKA, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Secretary General of the Republika Srpska President Jelena Pajić Baštinac has said that Christian Schmidt's attempt to impose amendments and supplements to the BiH Election Law has nothing to do with increasing the integrity of the election process, but with the elimination of the legally and legitimately elected President of Srpska Milorad Dodik from political life even before the end of the quasi-judicial proceeding. EAST SARAJEVO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Finance Minister Zora Vidović said today that by putting pressure on banks in Srpska in connection with bank accounts of individuals and legal entities who are on the "black list" of the United States, the American administration is carrying out violence aimed at destroying the economy of Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska itself. DOBOJ, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The Republika Srpska Minister of Internal Affairs, Siniša Karan, pointed out today the importance of re-establishing the Secondary School of Internal Affairs, considering that the backbone of today's personnel structure of the Ministry is represented by personnel who completed this school. BELGRADE, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The head of the Unit for high-tech crime in the Police Directorate of the Republika Srpska Ministry of Internal Affairs, Olivije Zimonja, said in Novi Sad that the goal of the Republika Srpska Ministry of Internal Affairs is to improve and make more efficient its work in the segment of searching for the missing persons, especially the search for children. BANJA LUKA, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - SPS President Goran Selak pointed out that the people's representatives should have a united response to the new situation after the imposition of changes to the BiH Election Law and reject the colonial rule in a country that is on the path to the EU. GACKO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Christian Schmidt's imposition of amendments to the BiH Election Law indicates, not only the intention but the clear beginning of an operation to persecute Serbs with the aim of destroying Republika Srpska and creating a unitary BiH, in which there will be room only for obedient Serbs, the SNSD Gacko Municipal Committee said. BANJA LUKA, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - SDS president Milan Miličević has said that the bank where the SDS has an account has initiated the procedure of unilateral termination of the contract on that account, but that these difficulties will not prevent this party from participating in the next local elections. BELGRADE, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Danijel Igrec, a member of the presidency of the Serbian Party Zavetnici, has said that by imposing changes to the BiH Election Law, Christian Schmidt is destroying the Dayton Peace Agreement and is trying insidiously to curtail Republika Srpska's jurisdictions. BANJA LUKA, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - BiH Ambassador to Austria Siniša Bencun visited the Museum of Contemporary Art of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka today and emphasized the importance of supporting the work of cultural institutions, as well as the affirmation of local artists and their promotion outside the borders of the country. BiH SARAJEVO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers, Borjana Krišto, said in a letter to high-ranking EU officials that BiH, as a future member of the Union, needs an Election Law that will not be a product of outvoting or imposition, which is incompatible with the country's European future. SARAJEVO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - In a conversation with the special envoy of the German Government for the Western Balkans, Manuel Sarrazin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Council of Ministers, Elmedin Konaković, said today that great efforts have been made in BiH in communication, negotiation, and efforts to continue the path towards EU and that the result is visible. STRASBOURG, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The Political Committee of the Council of Europe has preliminarily endorsed an opinion to support the admission of self-declared Kosovo to this European organization, a member of the BiH Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and a member of the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Snjezana Novaković-Bursać confirmed to SRNA. SARAJEVO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Head of the SNSD Caucus in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Sanja Vulić told SRNA that Sarajevo is not a safe place for Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, and bearing in mind that the possibility of assassination has been disclosed, a new kidnapping scenario is not surprising either. SARAJEVO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The Ambassador of France to BiH François Delmas said today that this country will try to encourage the institutions of BiH to continue with the reform processes, which will also be an incentive for interested foreign companies to invest in BiH. SARAJEVO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Speaker of the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Kemal Ademović and French Ambassador to BiH François Delmas agreed today in Sarajevo that the EU Council's decision to open accession negotiations with BiH represents a strong incentive for the continuation of reforms, but also a serious signal to international companies and investors to invest in BiH. TBILISI, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - Representatives of the central election commissions of BiH and Georgia signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in Tbilisi. BRČKO, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The Brčko District Assembly today adopted a decision for the District to take a loan of 25 million Euros from the World Bank. SERBIA BELGRADE, MARCH 27 /SRNA/ - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, said that the decision of the Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to recommend the admission of self-declared Kosovo to this organization is shameful and scandalous.