Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, used the commemoration in Srebrenica to deliver a scandalous speech during which he again saw “Greater Serb politics” and other similar absurdities typical of his rhetoric since he has been in high positions.
In his address before the burial of the remains of 14 individuals, Bećirović, disregarding the sensitivity of the moment and showing no respect for the victims and the memory of the events of July 1995, used the podium to launch a series of scandalous and outrageous accusations against Republika Srpska and the Serb people in general.
He claimed that “UN courts have declared that genocide was committed” and that there was “a joint criminal enterprise,” then added that the authorities of Republika Srpska “threaten the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
“It is up to us to answer the question of whether there are similarities between the situation in the early 1990s and today. Karadžić and his associates said that Bosnia and Herzegovina was an impossible state; today, the leaders of the RS entity say the same. The Greater Serb leaders in 1992 said their goal was Greater Serbia; the representatives of the RS now say their goal is Greater Serbia despite the crimes,” Bećirović said.
That the Srebrenica tragedy has long ceased to serve Bosniak politicians for honoring victims and is instead used for sending political messages and attempts to change the constitutional arrangement of the country is evidenced by today’s speech by Bećirović, full of lies and fabrications.
First of all, it is completely unclear where the Bosniak official got the information that “the representatives of the RS aim for Greater Serbia” when such a notion, or anything similar, has never been mentioned by any official of Republika Srpska. It is also unclear what he means by saying that the goal is “Greater Serbia despite the crimes.” What crimes and what exactly Bećirović was referring to remains a complete mystery.
In the continuation of his speech, he accused Republika Srpska of legal violence because it opposes the “presence of the international community.” Let us recall that it was Bećirović who ran to the OHR a few days ago when Serb army cadets paraded through Prijedor. Complaining and lamenting to foreigners has been the modus operandi not only of him but of the entire Sarajevo political establishment for the past twenty years. How opposing the presence of the international community constitutes legal violence, while the struggle for a sovereign and independent Bosnia involves constantly reporting to foreigners, is apparently beyond Bećirović’s intellectual grasp.
He also mentioned other regular terms such as the SANU Memorandum and the Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly, touched upon Slobodan Milošević and Aleksandar Vučić, and turned the commemorative speech into a political show, a pre-election rally.
Source: Glas Srpske
