Milorad Dodik's mandate as the president of Republika Srpska was revoked due to a court ruling that sentenced him to one year in jail and prohibited him from political activity for six years. The decision by Bosnia's electoral authorities followed an earlier court conviction for not complying with international rulings. The Central Electoral Commission stated that any elected official sentenced to more than six months must be removed from office. Dodik's lawyers plan to appeal the ruling to the Constitutional Court, but he insists he will continue in his role as long as he has parliamentary support.
"A Sarajevo court in February sentenced Dodik for failing to comply with rulings by the international envoy overseeing Bosnia's 1995 peace accords, following war there in the early nineties."
"The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) decided to apply the law which lays down that an elected official is automatically forced out of office if sentenced to more than six months in jail."
"Dodik's lawyers said they planned to take the case to the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina."
"Dodik had also rejected the court ruling then and added that he would continue to act as Bosnian Serb president as long as he had the support of the Bosnian Serb parliament."
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