Trial of Bosnian Serb leader Dodik adjourned over procedural issues

President of Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) Milorad Dodik waves as he attends Serb Republic national holiday, banned by the constitutional court, in East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A trial that should have commenced on Wednesday of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for defying the rulings of an international peace envoy was adjourned until Jan. 17 over procedural issues brought up by his legal team.

Dodik, who is the president of Bosnia´s autonomous Serb Republic, was indicted in August by state prosecutors after signing laws that suspended rulings by the constitutional court and by the peace envoy.