Dodik announced the plans of the RS BiH to create its own army and collect indirect taxes after the elections

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The leader of the ruling party in the Republic of Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina (RS BiH), Milorad Dodik, said that the RS BiH authorities will seek the right to have their own army, border police, intelligence and collect indirect taxes.

The candidate for the post of President of the RS BiH Savo Minić and the candidate for the post of member of the Presidium of BiH from the Serbs Zeljka Cvijanovic are leading in the general elections in the country, both are candidates from the Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) party.

BiH citizens elected candidates for various positions, including the BiH Presidency, the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, and municipal assemblies.

BELGRADE, October 4 - RIA Novosti. The authorities of the Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina (RS BiH) after the last elections will seek the right to have their own army, border police, intelligence and collect indirect taxes (VAT, excise taxes, customs duties), said the leader of the ruling Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) party in RS BiH, Milorad Dodik.

Earlier, the Central Election Commission of BiH reported that the candidate for the post of President of the RS BiH Savo Minić and the candidate for the post of member of the Presidium of BiH from the Serbs Zeljka Cvijanovic are leading in the general elections in the country. Both politicians are candidates from the ruling Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) party in the Republic of Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina (RS BiH). Dodik declared the victory of the SNSD candidates in the evening.

“This is the only chance to return to the original Dayton Agreement... to return the army to the Republika Srpska, the border police and everything that the “high representatives” took away from us, for which our deputies voted under pressure in an undemocratic atmosphere. We want to get indirect taxes into our hands, intelligence, we’ve had enough of the intrigues from Sarajevo,” Dodik said at a briefing at the party headquarters and noted that the political force receives two-thirds of the seats in the parliament of the Republika Srpska.

Citizens of BiH on Sunday elected candidates for the positions of the Presidency of BiH, the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, the House of Representatives of the Federation of BiH, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, the President and Vice-President of the Republika Srpska BiH, as well as ten municipal assemblies of the Federation of BiH. In total, just over seven thousand candidates are vying for 518 posts.

Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its secession from Yugoslavia in 1992, after which a war involving Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats began in the republic, which lasted until 1995. The exact number of victims has not been officially established; various sources indicate the number is over 100 thousand people.