"An ally former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik won a snap presidential election in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serb-majority Republika Srpska, preliminary results from the election commission showed on Sunday. "According to preliminary, unofficial and incomplete results, Sinisa Karan won 50.89% of the votes," Jovan Kalaba, the commission's president, said at a news conference. Karan from the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) previously served as minister of internal affairs and was considered Dodik's right-hand man."
"Dodik flouted decisions by High Representative Christian Schmidt, the international envoy tasked with enforcing the Dayton Agreement peace deal that ended the Bosnian War 30 years ago. Dodik had repeatedly threatened the possible secession of Republika Srpska, from the rest of the Bosnia. His threats reignited fears in a nation where the 1992-95 war killed around 100,000 people and displaced millions."
Sinisa Karan won a snap presidential vote in Republika Srpska with 50.89% of the vote, according to preliminary commission results. Karan is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and previously served as minister of internal affairs. Karan was considered Milorad Dodik's right-hand man and is backed by Dodik. Dodik was sentenced to a year in prison and barred from politics for separatist policies that international overseers said stoked instability. Dodik flouted decisions by High Representative Christian Schmidt and repeatedly threatened potential secession of Republika Srpska. Those threats revived fears rooted in the 1992-95 war and the Dayton Agreement.
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