(ANSA-AFP) - SARAJEVO, MAR 7 - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Friday called on ethnic Serbs to quit the federal police force and courts and join the government of the deeply divided country's Serb statelet.
The call follows a series of moves in the past week that risk pushing Bosnia into greater uncertainty a week after Dodik was convicted for defying an international envoy charged with overseeing the Balkan country's peace accords, triggering a fresh political crisis.
"We have
ensured them a job, while preserving their legal status, ranks,
and positions. They will receive the same salary, or even a
higher salary than they had," said Dodik, who is the president
of Bosnia's Serb statelet. Earlier this week, Dodik signed a
raft of bills into law that banned the central police and
judiciary from his statelet. The legislation has escalated
tensions in Serbia and is proving to be a key test for its
fragile, post-war institutions. (ANSA-AFP).
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