Karadzic: Letter to Milorad Dodik

Karadzic, former president of Republika Srpska and supreme commander of its armed forces, asked that Dodik meet his legal advisor Petero Robinson, so that the lawyer could invite him to testify in Karadzic’s defence at the trial before The Hague Tribunal.

“I would like you to help me establish that there was no joint criminal enterprise between 1991 and 1995 to expel Muslims from parts of territory under the control of Republika Srpska, as specified in the indictment. Your specific position as a part of the opposition in the Parliament would enable you to provide evidence on what was your understanding of the goals of our authorities in that period,” said Karadzic’s letter to Dodik.

Karadzic is being tried before The Hague Tribunal for genocide, crime against humanity and violations of laws and customs of war between 1992 and 1995.

The indictment specifies that Karadzic took part in the joint criminal enterprise together with state officials of Republika Srpska, members of the Yugoslav People’s Army and paramilitaries, aimed at the expulsion of the non-Serb population from the territory of 20 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Karadzic was arrested in July 2008 and his trial started in October the following year. The Hague Prosecution, in the period between April 2010 and 2012, examined almost 200 witnesses, and announced it would finish its evidence hearing in the first week of May.

Dodik, president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, in the period between 1992 and 1995, as a representative of the Union of Reform Forces, was elected MP in the Parliament of Republika Srpska.
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