Radovan Brdjanin

Bosnian Serbs Withdraw Benefits Law for Wartime Officials

Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, withdrew from parliament on Wednesday the draft legislation which would have granted benefits to the entity's founders, senior officials and MPs who held office between 1991 and 1996, including Karadzic.

Dodik said that the law was withdrawn because "unprincipled" opposition.