In RS, billboards with armed individuals saying 'The border exists' appeared

(Patria) - Billboards with the inscription "The border exists - because no one can judge Republika Srpska" have been placed in several cities of this BiH entity. In East Sarajevo today, posters were being put up on advertising billboards. In addition to the significant message, the billboard also features the unconstitutional coat of arms of RS, which ceased to be used in 2007.

The president of the People's Front, Jelena Trivić, reacted this morning on BHRT to the posters that appeared in Banja Luka. They read "The border exists - Because we are not giving up our competencies" with the image of a man in military uniform and armed soldiers/police officers marching.

“This morning when I was going to work, I saw a billboard. I can tell you it's not pleasant and it says 'The border exists', with a man on it and a bit of his military equipment is visible. He is not in civilian clothes,” Trivić said on BHT1.

“It is in a visible place, at a roundabout with heavy vehicle traffic. For me, such messages are absolutely not good. They should not come from any side,” she added.

The authorities of the RS entity, led by the indicted president of SNSD and RS, Milorad Dodik, had previously announced the return of competencies. When the BiH Council of Ministers was supposed to vote on declaring a Day of Mourning in BiH on August 14 due to the murders in Gradačac, Minister Staša Košarac blocked that decision, stating that it represented a transfer of competencies because the RS Government had already passed a decision on the Day of Mourning. Given this, the FBiH Government then made a decision to declare a Day of Mourning on August 16.

Milorad Dodik's attacks on the BiH Prosecutor's Office, the BiH Court, and the BiH Constitutional Court have been ongoing for a long time. He has repeatedly said that he does not recognize the decisions of these judicial institutions, and he is also blocking the election of a judge of the BiH Constitutional Court from RS in the NSRs.

After Dodik was indicted for not implementing the decisions of the High Representative, rallies were held at several locations on inter-entity lines. Participants carried banners with the message "The border exists".

Several gatherings were also held last Friday, followed by the placement of new billboards. At a time when attacks on Bosniak returnees are frequent in RS, and MUP RS police officers were arrested for beating a minor in a police station, such actions by Dodik's regime understandably increase the fear of returnees.

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(A.V.)