WHO USAID PAID IS KNOWN, MoI WILL INVESTIGATE IT

BANJA LUKA, FEBRUARY 10 /SRNA/ - The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, says that the Republika Srpska Ministry of Interior was given an order to investigate the activities of USAID in Srpska, but it is known that more significant funds went to unknown sources and the financing of non-governmental organisations and Christian Schmidt.

Dodik says that the competent institutions of Srpska will check who and how USAID financed. He pointed out that he got information that 40,000 people received compensation from USAID, which is a serious number of mercenaries and foreign agents. "USAID paid Christian Schmidt, although it is clear that he was not elected in accordance with international law," Dodik, who is also the SNSD leader, said at a press conference in Banja Luka after the meeting of the SNSD Executive Committee and Presidency. When asked what he wanted to achieve with the investigation, Dodik replied that he wanted to support US President Donald Trump, who said that it was a criminal organisation. "Do you really believe that we should be silent if the US government says that the equipment installed by USAID in BiH rigged the results," said Dodik. Dodik pointed out that USAID also invested in humanitarian organisations and the development sector, which was a camouflage. "It is serious crime. We know which journalists and media outlets are paid, when and how much money they received and what their editorial policy looks like," said Dodik. He noted that USAID committed a crime because it worked outside of international law and law. Dodik said that the problem now is that the SNSD has enough character to present such things, because "it is not silent" about such phenomena.