Bosnia's prosecutors investigate Serb leader for attacking constitution


FILE PHOTO: Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) President Milorad Dodik addresses supporters reacting to a court decision on charges that he defied rulings by Bosnia's international peace envoy, in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Amel Emric/File Photo

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's prosecutors said on Thursday that Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik was being investigated for attacking the country's constitutional order, the day after he signed laws banning the state judiciary and police from its autonomous Serb region.

A state court last week sentenced Dodik, the Serb Republic's president, to a year in prison and banned him from politics for six years for suspending rulings by the constitutional court and international envoy Christian Schmidt, who oversees implementation of the 1995 Dayton peace treaty.

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