Muamer Džananović: There is an attempt to equate victim and criminal

- For almost three decades since the beginning of the aggression, no person has been held accountable for the crimes committed against the inhabitants of Goražde, and the fact that judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina conduct trials almost exclusively against members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina who defended this area reinforces the impression that an attempt is being made on the scene equating the victim and the criminal - said Muamer Džananović, senior associate of the Institute for Research on Crimes against Humanity and International Law.

The latest in a series of examples is yesterday's arrest of Edin Vranj, a former high-ranking FUP official who is charged with alleged crimes in Goražde, and who was arrested by the police of another country.

- On the one hand, the processes and arrests, on the other hand, turning a blind eye to the fact that the so-called the army of the RS held Goražde under siege for 1,336 days, without electricity, water and communications, with constant shelling during which more than 2,000 civilians were killed. To date, no one has been held accountable for the crimes. Two indictments were filed. One case has been completed and responsibility has not been established, and an indictment has been brought against Petković, however, he is walking freely in Serbia, and the Serbian authorities will not extradite him - said Džananović.

Serbia is a good refuge for participants in genocide and crimes on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is enough that you were a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to arrest and prosecute you, he emphasized, adding that the case of Edin Vranje is not surprising.

- Everything that is happening is in support of the fact that Serbia, as it organized, carried out and participated in the aggression in the period from 1992 to 1995, participates in such a way even today and wants to change the character of the war. By filing indictments and prosecuting, they want to equate criminals with members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - he warned.

Džananović believes that this is one of the most important methods used by official Serbia and with which it deals with the 1990s.

- It is important to point out that the mass crimes of the Serbian aggressor were planned and organized by the political and military leadership, in order to create ethnically pure territories, and on the other hand, if there are crimes committed by soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is important to point out that they are individual , they should answer for them, but they were not encouraged by the military and political leadership, which tried to preserve the multi-ethical character of our country - concluded Muamer Džananović.

(Rabija Arifović/Preporod.info)

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