00:00Electoral authorities in Bosnia on Wednesday stripped Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of his presidency and called snap elections to fill the vacated position within 90 days.
00:12The decision comes after a state-level appeals chamber repelled a verdict sentencing Dodik to one year in prison and a six-year ban from politics.
00:21The latest development leaves a blow for the Bosnian leader who vowed to stay in office and appeal the Central Electoral Committee's decision.
00:30It also adds a new twist to the event of late February when a ruling by a Sarajevo-based court triggered a prolonged high-tension political crisis in the western Balkan country.
00:42Dodik was sentenced by the court in February for going against the decisions of the country's international peace envoy.
00:49The Central Electoral Committee had to open the procedure under electoral law to remove him from office.
00:56Dodik has attempted to rally all Bosnian Serb political actors to stand behind him.
01:02However, the opposition parties have largely refused to do so.
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