Dodik: Nikšić cheated me out of money, they begged me to wait until they came to power

(Patria) - President of RS and SNSD Milorad Dodik said he feels cheated by Nermin Nikšić, the Prime Minister of FBiH, because RS did not receive over 80 million KM from excise duties for highways and roads.

"Now some smart aleck has appeared. I personally feel cheated by Nikšić and those who begged me when Fadil Novalić was previously the Prime Minister of FBiH, who was ready to distribute that money from a special account. Then these people begged me not to do that until they came to power, and then we would finish it, and they cheated me. But that is my feeling about things," said Dodik.

He added that since 2012, RS has been unable to collect 35 million in revenue from excise duties, i.e., from indirect taxes adjudicated by the Court of BiH.

He said he constantly hears stories that "FBiH is a better entity," and then added that "RS is not an entity but a state."

"Whether someone likes it or not, and it will increasingly become a state," said Dodik.

He again announced the departure of US Ambassador Michael Murphy by the end of the year.