Dunović issued a statement about the unconstitutional holiday of January 9

Milan Dunović, Vice President of the Federation of BiH, issued a statement calling for the awakening of BH citizens.

‘Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the greatest political post-war crisis. Individuals are rattling their weapons and trying to tell us that we do not know how to live together. Although citizens live in increasingly difficult living conditions, nationalist themes, themes of division, fear and overemphasis of every possible difference and exclusivity are emerging again. Milorad Dodik, who has seized the position of a member of the Presidency of BiH, which he does not respect and which he increasingly and publicly says he does not like, announced a ‘spectacular celebration on January 9’.

Announcing the celebration of an unconstitutional holiday, he is in fact publicly announcing an overthrow of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not wanting to go further into the negative consequences of marking this date, believing that every Bosnian and Herzegovinian, and well-meaning people from the neighborhood, are completely clear about everything related to this date, I urge the media not to broadcast a single sentence, or video, or any information, which have to do with the shameful celebration of an unconstitutional holiday.

I shall let the media decide whether they will understand this call of mine as a call to awaken the consciousness of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or whether it is more important to them what Dodik has to say, and thus give him importance yet again.

As a Serb who loves Bosnia and Herzegovina and who has dedicated his political career to bettering the lives of all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I'm asking you - is this call important to you and what will you do about it? And no, this is not an interference in anyone's editorial policy; this is a request, an appeal to help the citizens of this afflicted country in the fight against all the destructive factors and promoters of the bloody policies of the 1990s. The media are a powerful democratic weapon and can help in the fight against the growing attacks on the constitutional order of the state. Please, never forget that’, Dunović said in a statement.