(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 03 GEN - The referendum announced by Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik to seek popular support and oppose foreign interference in Republika Srpska will most likely not take place. The vote was announced by Dodik last summer, initially scheduled for 25 October, and then, following international pressure, moved to 9 January, the Serbian entity's national holiday. But the Bosnian Serb leader did not mention the referendum again. Dodik had considered the referendum after his sentence to one year in prison and six years of disqualification from all political activity for repeated disobedience to the decisions of the High Representative in BiH, Christian Schmidt. The sentence (the prison term was commuted to a fine of €18,000) led to the revocation of Dodik's mandate as president of Republika Srpska. The referendum question is as follows: "Do you accept the decisions of the unelected foreigner Christian Schmidt and the unconstitutional rulings of the Bosnia and Herzegovina court against the president of Republika Srpska, as well as the decision of the Central Electoral Commission to revoke the mandate of RS President Milorad Dodik?" Such a decision on the referendum is also contrary to the constitution of BiH, which does not provide for the possibility for entities to independently hold referendum on the decisions of BiH state institutions. This would be the reason that led Dodik to abandon the referendum. At the same time, the Bosnian Serb leader confirmed the solemn celebration of the Republika Srpska holiday, deemed illegitimate and unconstitutional by the High Court of BiH. (ANSA).