DODIK: WE ARE INEVITABLE ELECTION WINNER

BANJA LUKA, MAY 21 /SRNA/ - SNSD leader Milorad Dodik says the SNSD is the inevitable winner of the general elections and that family will be at the center of its campaign.

“In Srpska there are more than 400,000 families. We will approach each one of them, both those who support SNSD and those who do not, to explain how we fought in the previous period under very unusual and difficult circumstances to achieve what Republika Srpska is today,” Dodik told the press in Banja Luka after the SNSD Main Committee session. Dodik said that Republika Srpska is financially stable and that its economy is growing, with more than 5,000 new entrepreneurs compared to 2020. “Three percent of our people are business owners, entrepreneurs who carry economic activity in Republika Srpska,” Dodik stressed, adding that they want to support families in difficult situations. He also added that the SNSD is monitoring global developments and shaping its policies accordingly, offering the Serb people security and peace through investments currently amounting to BAM 6.6 billion. “Through the regular adoption of budgets, we secure and generate activities in 40 percent of the economy. We have increased salaries and pensions, and we will do so again this year. We have increased veterans allowance, which are aligned with veterans organisations,” Dodik noted. He added that young people have been given easier access to opportunities in Republika Srpska, including reducing internship periods from 12 to six months. “Every young person who graduates from university can apply for a bank loan after six months. The same applies for secondary school graduates, reduced from six to three months,” Dodik said. According to him, the SNSD has ensured that every primary school student in Republika Srpska will receive free textbooks this year. “The SNSD has everything it needs to go into the upcoming elections. We will have the best candidates, experienced people. The SNSD is a reservoir of the largest human resources in BiH,” Dodik concluded.