In an interview with Sarajevo's daily "Oslobodjenje" of Saturday, Dodik for the first time explicitly stated that the model of Montenegro's road to independence could be applied also to Bosnia-Herzegovina, namely its Serb entity.
Speaking about how Bosnia-Herzegovina should be organised after necessary constitutional changes, Dodik said that "that union should affirm the right to self-determination through the right to hold a referendum, which would be organised in line with democratic standards as defined by the European Union".
"This will give people the opportunity to decide what they think and want of Bosnia-Herzegovina," said Dodik, who is currently probably the most popular politician in the Serb entity.
Without such a test of the public attitude, there can be no lasting stability in Bosnia-Herzegovina, he added.
Dodik described the current situation in the country as worse than before the break-out of the war in the early 1990s, adding that he was particularly dissatisfied with the implementation of the constitutional reforms agreed on earlier this year.
"The people who live in Bosnia-Herzegovina believe less and less in the existing state model," he said.
The Office of the High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday stated that Dodik had been cautioned not to urge a referendum based on the model of the Montenegrin referendum.