Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik responded on Thursday to accusations by some Bosniak politicians that the RS police operation codenamed “Ruben” is intended to intimidate Bosniaks.
When asked by Srna to comment on the claims by some Bosniak politicians that the operation aims to intimidate the Bosniak returnees in Republika Srpska, Dodik categorically dismissed any possibility of treating the operation that way.
“Such statements by the politicians from the Federation of BiH and their fervour cannot contribute to what we need today and that is an organised support to fighting any form of terrorism. All Bosniaks can live peacefully in Srpska. The Bosniaks are not the people that could collectively be labelled as ‘terrorists’ like some of their representatives used to try to qualify the Serbs as ‘criminals’,” said the Srpska president.
Dodik pointed out that such statements corroborated some earlier opinions that the Bosniak political elite did not want the struggle against radical Islam, and asked: ”How come that those Bosniak politicians have suddenly lost the faith in judiciary?”
“I think that some Bosniak politicians contribute to an unnecessary polarisation and it is exactly their statements and their desire to model the Bosniaks in Republika Srpska that cause the biggest damage to the Bosniak people in these parts,” said Dodik.
President Dodik has promised that RS institutions will protect all RS citizens from terrorist elements.
