DODIK ANNOUNCES LEAD CANDIDATES

BANJA LUKA, JULY 2 /SRNA/ – SNSD leader Milorad Dodik has said today that party's lead candidates for the Republika Srpska National Assembly in the upcoming elections in Constituency One will be Slobodan Javor, in Constituency Two Miroslav Bojić, in Constituency Three Igor Dodik and Petar Jelić in Constituency Four.

He has noted Danijel Jošić will be lead candidate in Constituency Five, Mikajlo Lazić in Constituency Six, and Zoran Stevanović in Constituency Seven.

According to Dodik, the party has yet to decide whether Aco Stanišić or Jovan Katić will head the list in Constituency Eight, while Luka Petrović will lead the list in Constituency Nine.

As for the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Dodik said the SNSD lists will be headed by Srđan Amidžić in Constituency One, Obren Petrović in Constituency Two, and Radovan Višković in Constituency Three.

"We call on the people to vote for our lists and those of our coalition partners. These are important elections," Dodik said.

He also said that the Central Election Commission /CEC/ of BiH is not legitimate, that it consists of retired members and that the illegitimate high representative had extended the term of two commission members.

Dodik said he would continue to serve as SNSD leader and support the party's candidates in the upcoming elections, expressing confidence that they would win convincingly.