The final decision against Milorad Dodik, as well as the Electoral Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, clearly state that he must cease to exercise the office of President of the Republika Srpska.
The competence for the implementation of this decision lies partly with the Central Election Commission, and partly with the security agencies and the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The next legal step after the decision against Dodik is in the hands of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), as they must, within 15 days of making the final decision, remove Dodik’s mandate, and then within 90 days, announce early elections.
The institution of the RS president must be notified of the removal of his mandate, but the CEC’s decision does not guarantee that Dodik will resign, as he has previously violated state laws and acted arbitrarily, for which he has essentially been punished, reports klix.ba.
In the event of a violation of the detention order, which in the decision against Dodik is related to the ban on exercising the function of the President of the RS, the Court has the right to impose a prison sentence for the duration of the time remaining until the end of the detention. This means that if he refuses to immediately step down from office, he could receive up to six years in prison.
Also, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina could issue an order for security agencies to send him to prison, however, such an order has been issued before and we all know that Dodik did not end up in prison, but the order was canceled.
The court would order, in the event of a violation of the decision and detention, at most the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) to arrest Dodik, while they have the right to delegate this to a lower level, which in this case is the RS Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It is clear that the entity’s MUP will not arrest Dodik, so the question remains whether SIPA will reiterate that it cannot send him to prison, as happened before when a red warrant was issued against him.
In the event that the police and security agencies refuse to act upon the request of the Court of BiH, this would be a great loss for the justice institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the decisions themselves are worthless if they cannot be implemented. /Telegraph/