Bosnians Want To Arrest Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik: Former Serbian Intelligence Chief

Bosnians want to arrest the president of the Republika Srpska (RS) entity, Milorad Dodik, the former director of Serbia's Security Information Agency said Wednesday.

Aleksandar Vulin "ed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic as saying that "they directly endanger the vital national interests of both Serbia and the RS."

Recalling that the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, used his "Bonn powers" to make "technical changes" to the country's election law on Tuesday, Vulin argued that this meant that Schmidt could do whatever he wanted without respecting the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Peace Agreement.

At an extraordinary press conference in the capital Sarajevo, Schmidt – who is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the 1995 pact that ended the Bosnian war – announced that he decided to make changes in the election law regarding the integrity of the election process.

He said these changes include the appointment of heads of ballot box committees by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the introduction of digital scanners, voter identification and video surveillance.

"At this moment in Bosnia Herzegovina, there are rapid reaction forces whose task is to arrest Milorad Dodik. They want to arrest Milorad Dodik. They threaten the Republika Srpska even with the abolition of payment transactions in every way, and they will try to dismantle it completely," said Vulin.

"The only one standing in the way of that is Serbia, who is the protector and guarantor of the Dayton Agreement, and of course, President Aleksandar Vucic," he added.

Vulin resigned from his post in December last year because he did not want to be part of the anti-Russian sentiment.

"I expect that in the coming days, there will be a meeting between Mr. Schmidt and President Vucic, where President Vucic will say very clearly that he does not accept the application of the Bonn powers and that they are simply not possible as a concept of governance in BiH," said Vulin, referring to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vucic warned Wednesday that difficult days await his country and said he would soon inform the nation about the challenges.

"Difficult days are ahead for Serbia. At this moment, it is not easy to say what kind of news we have received in the last 48 hours," he said on social media, but indicated it is related to direct threats to Serbia's national interests.

"They directly threaten our vital national interests, both Serb and Republika Srpska," said Vucic.

Republika Srpska in one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. -