Dodik is believed to have been behind the September 2014 installation of a giant unauthorized cross on the hill Zlatište on Mount Trebević overlooking Sarajevo. Komšić accused him of installing the cross to improve his dropping political rating amongst Serbs in Republika Srpska before the upcoming election. Komšić verbally condemned the installation of the cross. He urged Sarajevans to not respond to the clear provocation that is part of the election campaign.