Republika Srpska Leader Prepares to Name PM

The Serb-led entity's president is holding meetings on Wednesday with political parties that have MPs in the Republika Srpska assembly to agree on the composition of the new government.

He said he would announce the name of the new prime minister of the entity at the end of this week, after he was inaugurated as president on Monday and the assembly lawmakers confirmed their positions. 

Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, is to be the main ruling party for its third term since it took power from the Serb Democratic Party, SDS, in 2006.

"Conditions to start the consultations about forming the government were established. I will call all the political parties that have lawmakers in the assembly, first the SNSD, then SDS, and then other political parties," Dodik said on Tuesday.

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