Not even a day later, it hasn't dawned on the marginals: Undermining the necessary 'All-Bosniak' assembly according to the wishes of Belgrade and Zagreb!

By: Amina Čorbo-Zećo

They say that a night's sleep is wiser, or rather, a cool head thinks better. Such is the established rule among the people. But, here, the night after the gathering of some Bosniaks (mostly with a low percentage of votes won in elections) has not dawned on the organizers.

Elmedin Konaković, president of People and Justice, is trying to explain this morning on social networks that it is obviously 'a problem when Bosniaks gather politically to define the true priorities of their people'.

“To engage experts to deal with identity issues, to protect their language, their tradition, culture, history. To organize and jointly define strategic directions of action, to mark red lines, and to do so continuously and together,” Konaković stated.

Marko arrives too late in Kosovo, because, for example, experts and the academic community were not even invited!

And Konaković, who is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs, should have thought about all these issues earlier, during the formation of the government with HDZ and SNSD, when he disenfranchised Bosniaks, when it was acceptable for him to install Nermin Nikšić as Prime Minister of the Federation by suspending the Constitution of FBiH. Nikšić took the Bosniak position, but he was not even invited to yesterday's gathering, because he is in SDP, so it is normal for him to find the gathering of Bosniaks unacceptable, even though he holds the Bosniak position!? On the other hand, a call went out to Rasim Ljajić. He did not accept the invitation, stating that he is a Bosniak, but also a representative of all citizens.

There are a number of missteps regarding yesterday's gathering, where, for example, the diaspora was not mentioned, which has five times more people who declare themselves as Bosniaks than in the countries their leaders came from, with an equally strong Bosniak identity and political vision that transcends the gathering!

Time will tell what kind of gathering this is and what its ultimate goal is. But, for now, everything looks like an undermining of the much-needed consolidation of the Bosniak-Bosnian body. Who will, after such a debacle, embark on a new story of organizing an assembly or defining red lines when they have been undermined to the point where reason stops, and emotions prevail to the point where nothing makes sense anymore. Nothing, except to keep the positions they obtained by nullifying the electoral will of the Bosniaks!

Therefore, the appearance of as many as four representatives of the People's European Party (NES), led by president Nermin Ogrešević, is most surprising. For the sake of Bosnia and Herzegovina, principles, and political wisdom, he refused positions and power and said NO to the 'troika', because he realized that an alliance with SNSD and HDZ cannot bring anything good to Bosnia and Herzegovina without clearly defined red lines, which primarily meant strengthening the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. That wisdom has evaporated. The reasons are no longer important, whether it is due to SDA's relationship with NES in Krajina, or whether the desire for revenge has prevailed over reason, it was simply politically disastrous to respond to Konaković and feed his ego, in which he believes he can be the leader of the Bosniaks.

Because, only institutionally can we defeat the forces that keep BiH in a deep constitutional crisis. And, some gathering in some hotel, almost a dung heap, as Professor Senadin Lavić said, cannot bring prosperity.

And it is precisely Konaković who handed those institutions over to Dodik and Čović. He is even ready to support the Election Law of BiH according to HDZ's wishes, repeating for years 'that it is not fair for Bosniaks to elect representatives for Croats'.

Today he says he is a Bosnian and Herzegovinian and a proud Bosniak. This should mean that he is closer to a civic organization of BiH, but he always adds that 'but'...

Therefore, everything about yesterday is wrong. The formation of the 'All-Bosniak Assembly' is understandable and much needed, but... there is a big BUT here too.

The gathering of the 'All-Bosniak Assembly' is not a new idea; the need for it has existed for a long time, but no one has been found who had the strength and will to turn verbalization into practical action. The Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH tried to do this, but Ivo Komšić prevented them, siding with Christian Schmidt and current officials who organize meaningless gatherings with no capacity.

Therefore, we can suspect that foreign services devised such a gathering, because as soon as Aleksandar Vučić supported the gathering, it was not difficult to add two and two. Negators of civilizational values are even ready for self-sacrifice for the sake of a presumed goal. So Vučić was ready to finance the gathering!? The Serbian world in BiH is nothing more than an attempt to mark the territory of the ethnic definition of Serbian space, and on this path, the help of Bosniaks is necessary. This would introduce BiH into the concept of a composite state, which is merely a transition towards the realization of an independent state of Republika Srpska within the concept of a union of Serbian lands as the ultimate goal of the 'Serbian world'.

The goal was almost achieved. Fortunately, there were enough wise heads to understand that only when politics in Sarajevo is turned into ethnic politics, especially after Bakir Izetbegović also started talking about a civic BiH, do they have a chance to divide BiH into three parts.

Therefore, it is necessary to penetrate the question of whether the organizers and actors, aware of the failure of the gathering, actually went to kill the attempt at a civic organization of BiH for the interests of Belgrade and Zagreb. Because all together they are political marginals, especially those who are minorities in their own countries.

And marginals know that without working for some greater powers, they will not live politically for long...