Hungarian, Croatian, and Serbian Support for the President of the Bosnian Serb Republic

The Bosnian-Herzegovinian court has announced that they have not yet reached a decision on whether to accept or reject the indictment against Milorad Dodik. The statutory deadline for this decision is fifteen days from the receipt of the indictment. The accused Bosnian Serb leader stated the day after the indictment that he will comply with any summons, as he believes the court understands matters better than the prosecution, which he claims is acting under pressure. Dodik expressed that the indictment against him was crafted over several days with the involvement of US Ambassador Michael J. Murphy.

Is Christian Schmidt Saving His Rear End?

The Belgrade government-affiliated daily newspaper, Politika, suggests that the Bosnian-Herzegovinian prosecution brought charges against Milorad Dodik following a modification of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s criminal code by Christian Schmidt, the international community’s representative.

Unnamed analysts mentioned by the paper recall that the crisis emerged due to disputes over the distribution of state property. They also question whether „the Bosnian Serb Republic can delegitimize the German diplomat and take another step toward liberation from protectionism.”

Croatian President Zoran Milanović believes that a retired German politician (Christian Schmidt), who left an entirely irrelevant mark and was appointed as some kind of colonial administrator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is amending laws at his own will.

Milanović criticized Schmidt for not modifying the election law earlier to prevent the Bosniaks from electing the Croatian member of the presidency, but making changes a month ago to hold Dodik accountable.

Milanović sees Bosnia and Herzegovina as a clumsily and poorly managed colony, with a handful of third-rate politicians having their way.

He maintains relatively good relations with Dodik, and in that spirit, the Bosnian Serb president informed him about the indictment by phone on the same day.

According to Milanović, this is perfectly fine, after all, Serbs and Croats have been neighbors for centuries and will remain so.

Already at the beginning of August, the people of Split expressed their opinion about the rapprochement between the Croatian head of state and the Bosnian Serb president: Milanović, you Serb, F… Dodik! This inscription appeared in three places in the Croatian coastal city

Szijjártó and Dačić

Szijjártó and Dačić’s Stance Regarding the indictment against Dodik, the Belgrade-based Politika also quotes Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who reacted to the indictment through his Facebook profile, placing it in „global contexts.”

Szijjártó states that there is a global witch hunt against politicians who openly oppose the international liberal mainstream and bravely represent national interests.

He includes Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb President, among these politicians.

According to Szijjártó, Dodik, the democratically elected leader of the Serbian community, is one of those politicians.

He criticizes the international liberal mainstream for not hesitating to employ aggressive interventions, police and judicial tools, when they feel their power is at risk, because they fear the will of the people like fire.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić responded briefly to the indictment against Dodik.

He expressed his conviction that the Bosnian Serb Republic will defend the authorities granted to it by the Dayton Agreement and that no indictment can alter that.

Dačić stated that the leadership of the Bosnian Serb Republic, led by President Milorad Dodik, enjoys full support from Serbia and the Serbian people as a whole.

Where is Vučić?

However, it’s not that clear-cut; Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is not currently at the forefront of Dodik’s supporters, as noted by the Serbian opposition press.

According to a political analyst interviewed by N1 television/news portal, while Vučić theoretically supports Dodik and the Bosnian Serb Republic (RS) to retain his own voters, he doesn’t practically position himself as a friend of either Dodik or the RS.

Dragomir Anđelković suggests that Vučić maintains continuous communication with the Bosnian High Representative and supports Christian Schmidt despite his lack of proper legitimacy.

It’s not entirely accurate, as the Serbian President has criticized the fact that Serbia wasn’t involved in the process of Schmidt’s appointment. However, unlike Dodik, he has engaged with the Bosnian High Representative and met him in Belgrade on multiple occasions.

The Bosnian high commissioner visited the Serbian president in Belgrade more than once (Source: Serbian presidential Instagram)

In the meantime, a verbal exchange occurred between Gorica Dodik, daughter of the Bosnian Serb President, and Nebojša Krstić, a Serbian commentator who supports the Serbian President, who wrote on the X-platform that Dodik managed to question the existence of the Bosnian Serb Republic with his pro-Russian servility, and at the same time became a millstone for the on the neck of Serbia, which is struggling to improve relations with the USA.

Gorica Dodik’s response implied that Krstić wouldn’t write such things if he didn’t have to earn his daily wage, even though they are the biggest burden for Serbia and all Serbs, which led Krstić to conclude that Dodik’s daughter labeled him as a mercenary of Vučić.

Gorica Dodik was likely not far from the truth, but we won’t delve further into the developments of this story. It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time Dodik’s daughter, who could be referred to as the „Amazon” of the Twitter (X-platform), has clashed with enthusiastic supporters of the Serbian President. Just three months ago, she had a confrontation with Dragan J. Vučićević, the Editor-in-Chief of Informer, who is known to be one of the Serbian President’s favorite journalists.