Anti-Serb hysteria in Sarajevo is no coincidence but has become an established pattern of political conduct, SNSD Presidency member Staša Košarac said.
“What we are witnessing today on Sarajevo’s political scene is the result of indoctrination and an ideology whose roots can be traced to Alija Izetbegović’s Islamic Declaration and the persistent pursuit of an Islamic Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is precisely why it is no coincidence that they continue to advocate a model in which the only acceptable Serb is one who is loyal to Sarajevo’s political interests,” Košarac told Srna.
Referring to passages from the Islamic Declaration, Košarac said the document states, among other things, that non-Muslims in an Islamic state may live freely only if they are loyal, and that there can be no peace or coexistence between the Islamic faith and non-Muslim social and political institutions.
According to Košarac, this makes it possible to recognize what he described as an ideological pattern that continues to shape Sarajevo’s politics today.
He argued that political Sarajevo wants to choose and remove presidents on behalf of the Serb people, speak and make decisions in their name, and arrest and persecute them for thinking and feeling differently.
“For them, the only good Serb is one who is loyal and obedient,” he stressed.
“Our response is united, clear and unwavering: we are loyal to the Serb people, Republika Srpska and Serbia. We are loyal to the Serb national interest, our identity and our right to decide our own destiny. Not because we are against anyone, but because we refuse to be something we are not,” said Košarac, who also serves as Deputy Chair of the Council of Ministers.
Košarac also commented on the development of Bosniak national identity, saying that “the fact that they entered the war as Muslims and emerged from it as Bosniaks is their matter and speaks about them.”
“We are not converts. We do not change our name, our origins or our history. We are Serbs. We will not renounce our people, our Orthodox faith, our values, our way of life, our ancestors or our historical figures,” Košarac concluded.
Source: Glas Srpske
