AND WHAT NOW The case of Amna Pilavdžija and the imam from Kozarac is a sign that 'they have come for us', and the institutions are in the hands of separatists!

By: Amina Čorbo-Zećo

Strong reactions, very understandably, were caused by the case of initiating disciplinary responsibility against Second Lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina Amna Pilavdžija, against whom a media and political persecution is being conducted by Bosnian Serbs because she displayed the symbol of the sovereign, independent, and internationally recognized Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Because the lily flag is exactly that – the flag of the Republic of BiH recognized in the UN.

And so, the Vice-President of the Federation, Refik Lendo, will emphasize the particular concern caused by the announcement of the Deputy Minister of Defense from among Bosnian Serbs that he will carry out disciplinary prosecution against Second Lieutenant Pilavdžija. In this regard, he called on the Minister of Defense, Zukan Helez, to take measures and actions and prevent the implementation of politically motivated legal violence against Second Lieutenant Pilavdžija.

And why am I not surprised by the increasingly strong and confident persecution of those who display symbols of statehood, while almost no one reacts to the denial of genocide or the promotion of separatist goals. The answer is very simple, because we have handed over the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina to those who advocate separatism! They were trusted too much, both the international factor and those forces that have been working for years to destroy BiH and everything state-related. They were trusted so much that the 'troika' gave them four delegates in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliament, even though they testified to SDA's mistakes and all the blockades they used through that mechanism in the previous mandate. But, they had to get to the chairs by hook or by crook. The foreigners used force, and the 'trojka' used persuasion, so with a compromise (as they call it), they gave Milorad Dodik and Dragan Čović everything they asked for.

And now we are surprised by the persecution of Bosniaks, while the security sector is managed by SNSD cadres, and I didn't mind asking several Bosniak directors what they would do with employees who celebrated the unconstitutional day of Republika Srpska on January 9th. The answers were mostly the same: 'what can we do, it's all a cycle, it's taking a long time, by the time these disciplinary commissions meet, by the time these people declare themselves, the opportunity will be missed.' In translation, they will do nothing! But Goganović will persecute Amna, just as imams and Bosniaks who dare to stand tall are persecuted in Republika Srpska. Zukan also filed a report against Goganović, but that could be a case of the judge being the prosecutor and the defendant.

Because, for years, and during the SDA era, and now especially during the new imposed government, Bosniaks, despite being the most numerous people in BiH, do not control security institutions; they are mostly run by Serbs and Croats, while Bosniaks receive crumbs in the form of deputy positions from which they have no effective control. Diplomacy has always been more important to Bosniaks than the state of the country, and we see the effects of their actions through various non-papers or Brussels' attitude towards BiH.

However, let's return to handing over security institutions to separatist forces. Can normal reason understand that no Bosniak has ever led the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), or headed the BiH Border Police!? And instead of the 'trojka' fighting for such a thing, they also gave them the Service for Foreigners' Affairs and appointed Risto Zarić to OSA, which SNSD failed to achieve with SDA. And precisely, earlier, OSA BiH and the Service for Foreigners' Affairs of BiH banned the entry into BiH of several Russian and Serbian citizens who were declared persons dangerous to the national security of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today, it's a different story!

And while we are deeply concerned by the tendency to treat the display of legitimate and legal symbols of the internationally recognized state of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as spreading inter-ethnic hatred, while the display of symbols of the so-called Army of Republika Srpska or the para-state formation Herceg Bosna, which have been legally convicted in international courts for numerous war crimes and genocide, is considered socially acceptable, we must ask ourselves when Bosnian politics will finally say enough is enough!

First, they convinced us that the opposition in Republika Srpska is the same as the regime there, and the mandate of Mirko Šarović as Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, or Dragan Mektić as Minister of Security, testifies to the contrary.

Do we need to remind you of the Minister of Security of BiH, Nenad Nešić, who, besides too often raising three fingers and going to Belgrade for consultations with Vučić, does nothing to strengthen BiH's security.

It should be kept in mind that the undermining of the constitution, which SNSD and its partners are carrying out, inevitably causes chaos. But, for now, only Zukan Helez is acting a bit tougher from the 'trojka', while the rest of the ruling coalition is still playing softly. And that won't work. Either all speak with one voice or no one! Perhaps this is precisely what they see in Republika Srpska, which is marching towards its goal, its independence!

Simply put, Bosniak politicians have created conditions for Dodik to realize his plans and goals smoothly and with impunity. Today, we can clearly see the consequences of handing over security institutions and the Prosecutor's Office, which protect him instead of sanctioning him.

I said that this is a long-standing Bosniak policy that has now reached its peak – and it reads as treason to the state!

Amna Pilavdžija or Amir Mahić, the imam from Kozarac, are nothing more than cases that indicate to us that 'they have come for us', and we are institutionally powerless to respond. Someone must be held accountable for this, but there is a long time until the elections, perhaps it will be too late for anything by then!