Bosnia calls vote to replace banned leader of Serb statelet Milorad Dodik

Bosnia on Thursday called an early election in its autonomous Republika Srpska to replace outgoing president Milorad Dodik, who was stripped of his powers earlier this month after a court found he had flouted decisions made by the international peace envoy. Dodik has called the elections “meaningless” and predicted mass demonstrations in the Serb-majority statelet.