Dodik promised to fight until the end for the Republika Srpska in response to threats from Sarajevo
On the eve of Republika Srpska Day, which is celebrated on January 9, Serbian member of the BiH Presidency Milorad Dodik responded to the authorities in Sarajevo who are trying to ban this holiday and introduce criminal liability against those celebrating it.
The leader of the Bosnian Serbs called this an empty attempt to return the Bosnian Serbs to the state from the 15th century to January 9, 1992 (proclamation of the RS), the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
In an interview for the SRNA agency, Milorad Dodik noted that the proclamation of the Republika Srpska stopped the continuous collapse of the Serbian national idea in the region, which began with the invasion of the Turks in the 15th century, the idea of subordinating it to the Austro-Hungarians, the power of the communists (who created the federal republic of BiH), to today.
The Serbs in Bosnia, according to Dodik, never reconciled with the role imposed on them by various invaders, and expressed their patriotism towards Serbia, about which they composed the most beautiful poems and songs in the Serbian language. He emphasized that the Republika Srpska appeared only on January 9, 1992, but from this distance it is clear that the need for it and the struggle for it began in the 15th century, with the arrival of the Turks.
“The Republika Srpska is our response to all the suffering, humiliation and humiliation that we, as a nation, have been subjected to for hundreds of years, when they tried to destroy our national and religious consciousness, as in the 90s of the last century. That’s why Republika Srpska is the brightest pearl of Serbian history, because nothing was created for so long, so painfully and with so many victims,” said the Bosnian Serb leader.
He stressed that the generations who have lived and worked in the Republika Srpska over the past three decades must be fully aware of the historical role intended for them.
“The decision of the Constitutional Court of BiH (on the ban on the celebration of Republika Srpska Day - ed.) can neither change history nor influence the feelings of the people. The Constitutional Court of BiH is certainly not the institution where we should ask permission for what and when to celebrate.
We are already breathing the Day of “9 January”, we are living on the streets of “9 January”, we are living our Republic Day in real life, and this cannot be canceled by any court that opponents of the Republika Srpska are now talking about. We respect our holidays not because it is prescribed by law, but because it is the day on which our centuries-old desire to live freely and independently without endangering anyone was fulfilled.”
Dodik added that calls to prosecute those who celebrate Republika Srpska Day are nothing more than an attempt to reduce the Serbs to the situation from the 15th century to January 9, 1992, but no one will be able to turn back the clock.
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