When political silence smells of treason: The Trojka has become Dodik's accomplice in the destruction and division of Bosnia and Herzegovina through its silence!

By Rasim Belko @rasimbelko

The snow that has been falling in our country since yesterday has apparently pushed the leaders of the Trojka political project, imposed to govern Bosnia and Herzegovina in conjunction with Dragan Čović and Milorad Dodik, into a deep winter sleep.

They occasionally and selectively speak out when they need to defend party colleagues and friends who are outside the law. For everything else, they believe that by hiding from responsibility and public scrutiny, they can get away with it without reacting to dangerous socio-political processes that have struck at the foundations of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It sounds like a mirage that the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, led by Dodik's Milanko Kajganić, acted ex officio, opened an investigation, and requested information from the NSRs about something that could be conspiracy to commit multiple criminal offenses, including undermining the constitutional order. And Dodik once said: "Either Kajganić or barbed wire at the entrance to the Prosecutor's Office".

Can the fact that absolutely no one from the SDP, NiP, Naša stranka bloc has even sent the simplest statement saying that the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina are ready to defend the constitutional order of the state be reasonably explained?

Nothing but anguish that echoes and smells of treacherous behavior. Much like when war criminal Fikret Abdić calculated and concluded that it was better for him to cooperate with aggressors Franjo Tuđman and Slobodan Milošević, while simultaneously fighting against patriotic, sovereignist forces.

In the same category is the high treason of Elmedin Konaković, Nermin Nikšić, and Edin Forto, who, for the sake of coalition peace with Milorad Dodik, bury their heads in the sand and act as if Banja Luka is in South Ossetia, so it doesn't fall within their priority actions.

The reaction of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the scope of possible criminal offenses at today's special session of the NSRs indicate the alarming nature of the situation. But this does not concern the head of diplomacy, who, in such a situation, along with the Minister of Defense Zukan Helez, should be seeking an urgent meeting with the Presidency of BiH and issuing a call for NATO readiness.

Because the content of the special session of the NSRs is unequivocally a path towards undermining the constitutional order and the Dayton Peace Agreement, and in such a situation, the state must react decisively and effectively. That is, to nip the secession attempt in the bud.

However, instead of defending the state and its constitutional order, Elmedin Konaković and Edin Forto have decided to play transformers with the Government of Sarajevo Canton, trying to save a system they themselves have been undermining for six years.

While Konaković and Forto are engaged in politicking at the local level, the state is sliding towards serious destabilization. Their disinterest and silence in the face of secession threats send a clear message – their priority is personal interests and political deals, not preserving the territorial integrity and constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dodik's behavior has long required a more decisive reaction from state institutions, as well as the international community, which, at least on paper, guarantees peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Unfortunately, the leaders of Trojka have chosen to be silent witnesses. That silence, regardless of whether it is motivated by fear, opportunism, or political calculations, carries catastrophic consequences for the state. Because while they look the other way, Milorad Dodik is relentlessly building a political framework for secession, and Dragan Čović is ensuring that his ambitions for creating a third entity remain unstoppable.

This is a moment when the state requires leaders with vision, courage, and decisiveness. Trojka has shown that this is not their profile. Their betrayal of the state and its citizens is already leaving traces that will be felt for a long time, and future generations will remember them as those who, at crucial moments, chose cowardice and selfishness instead of patriotism and the fight for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina must be defended, despite their absence. Those who love this country and feel responsible for its future must be ready and must not allow treacherous behavior to become the norm. It is time for patriotic forces to unite and stand together in defense of what generations before us fought for with blood – a sovereign and indivisible Bosnia and Herzegovina.