Senator of Republika Srpska, Bogdana Koljević, stated that the upcoming referendum in Republika Srpska represents the only legally, politically, and ethically correct and valid response to the final attempts to undermine the Dayton Agreement by political Sarajevo and the retrograde part of the international community embodied in Berlin and London.
- “Popular sovereignty is the highest form of sovereignty, derived from the best centuries-old European traditions of thought and action, and the referendum is its most striking expression. Thus, the referendum is a living expression of the people’s will, and popular sovereignty is the supreme foundation of every serious republic,” emphasized Koljević.
She highlighted that the announced referendum in Republika Srpska will represent a “political act of the Serb democratic republic.”
“In this way, its political constitutionality is affirmed, as well as the fundamental legitimacy of the president and all other most relevant institutions,” said Koljević.
She pointed out that legitimacy is therefore the core of politics, without which politics does not exist.
Koljević assessed that the planned referendum also demonstrates to what extent Republika Srpska is genuinely democratic, unlike most countries in modern Europe.
According to her, in the EU this practice has long been neglected and forgotten, with the exception of Switzerland, which is neutral and where the referendum is a matter of serious democratic policy, that is, elementary decency and a civilizational level of development.
“This is no coincidence, because today we see that all those who long spoke about fascism as the final stage of neoliberalism were right,” said Koljević.
She emphasized that, in contrast, Republika Srpska demonstrates freedom in practice, noting that freedom exists only while it is lived and continuously exercised.
- “Republika Srpska thus reminds all European peoples of themselves and of the most glorious moments of European history, while simultaneously charting the only possible path for both its own and their future,” Koljević stressed.
Koljević stated that in a time of true democracy, which is inevitably coming, there will no longer be political and social quasi-elites serving foreign interests, self-appointed governors without legality, or any arbitrary application of selective law.
She also highlighted the great significance of the fact that everyone, from the Serb Orthodox Church to the academic community, has already supported holding the announced referendum in Republika Srpska.
- “In all the calculations of the neocolonizers, one key factor has been omitted – we are always at our best when it is hardest. The great ‘yes’ awaiting them is only an introduction to an even greater ‘yes,’ because after this referendum Milorad Dodik will be president of Republika Srpska more than ever, and he has always been so with great legality and legitimacy, while the people of Republika Srpska will be greater than ever. And the voice of the people is the highest sanctity, always the voice of God – ‘Vox populi vox Dei,’” Koljević concluded.
Source: RTRS
