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SARAJEVO, April 13 (FENA) - Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and President of the SNSD Milorad Dodik held an extraordinary press conference today and spoke on the vaccination process in Republika Srpska, salary increases in the entity and European integration processes and relations within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Although he rejected the possibility of war, Dodik announced that he would continue to work for peaceful break-up of BiH, emphasizing that BiH is not a sustainable country and that separation is the best solution for its peoples. He agreed with the recent statement of the US Embassy that BiH entities have no perspective as independent.
“A peaceful breakup is a realistic option and can be talked about. Who wants to go to war today, I will not allow that possibility to happen as long as I am at this position, although my colleagues from the Presidency of BiH, Komšić and Džaferović, mentioned that option,” said Dodik.
He stated that the story about the European path of BiH, but also other countries in the region, is a farce, because the European Union does not have a clear perspective with the countries of the Western Balkans. As he said, many EU members today would not be able to meet the criteria required from BiH.
“Our goal is still EU membership, but I think that the EU does not have the potential to support that process. What is happening in Albania and North Macedonia speaks of the intentions of Europeans towards this region. Therefore, the process in BiH is losing potential,” he said.
He commented on the fight against coronavirus pandemic in RS and stressed the fact that the government in that entity had to take measures that were not popular, which limited the overall public and social life, but that this was the only way to stop spread of coronavirus, which ultimately yielded good results.
He pointed out that RS expects a larger number of vaccines.
“We will receive 20,000 vaccines from Serbia on Thursday, and we expect vaccines from the Sputnik program and the Chinese program, as well as from the compromised Covax program, for which we paid to get 400,000 doses needed for 200,000 inhabitants. Today, RS has 1,100,000 vaccines reserved for 550,000 inhabitants in the Sputnik program and 400,000 through the Covax program needed for 200,000 inhabitants,” he explained.
He emphasizes that the economic consequences of the pandemic in RS are visible.
He stated that the government in RS will most likely make a decision in May on increasing salaries in health, education, police, judiciary and put pressure on the real sector to increase salaries for workers, because it is important that the potential of workers is higher.
He points out that the joint level of the BiH government remains unsuccessful, vague and inefficient, and that the dominant process at that level is the story of amendments to the Election Law and resolving the Sejdić-Finci issue.
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