The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has issued a central arrest warrant for Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska (RS), Nenad Stevandić, the Speaker of the RS National Assembly, and Radovan Višković, the entity’s Prime Minister.

This arrest warrant was issued by the BiH Border Police under the directive of the Court of BiH, following the failure of Dodik, Stevandić, and Višković to respond to a summons from the BiH Prosecutor’s Office. They are suspected of “attacking the constitutional order of BiH,” resulting in an automatic detention order.

In response to the warrant, all police agencies in BiH have been informed and are mandated by law to detain Dodik, Višković, and Stevandić.

Recent reports from some media outlets in Sarajevo suggest that the BiH Prosecutor’s Office may soon issue international arrest warrants for these individuals, which would involve notifying Interpol. This would mean they could be arrested in any foreign country they might enter.

Last week, President Milorad Dodik announced his plans to travel to Moscow on March 18. Meanwhile, RS National Assembly President Nenad Stevandić confirmed via social media that he has been in Belgrade since last Friday, and the RS Prime Minister is believed to be in RS.

Two days ago, Stevandić shared on the social network X that he would hold a press conference on Friday, March 21, at the National Assembly in Banja Luka, promising to address “all possible questions.”

“I invite the curious to attend and refrain from spreading falsehoods and dilemmas,” Stevandić wrote in his post, which included a text from a portal titled “Stevandić in Belgrade, did he buy a one-way ticket?”

Dodik, Stevandić, and Višković face charges for the criminal offense of “attacking the constitutional order” due to their proposal of laws in the RS National Assembly that would obstruct the operations of certain state judicial and police agencies within RS.

The Constitutional Court of BiH has nullified these laws.

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