Phone Threats To People Of Srebrenica

Even Haris Silajdzic has asked that Srebrenica be granted special status which would separate it from the Serb Republic.

Member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina government Haris Silajdzic has asked that Srebrenica be granted special status as a protected zone.

- Considering that the Tribunal decided that the Serb Republic government had committed genocide in Srebrenica, we must start the process of granting special status to this former UN protected zone as well as to other municipalities in eastern Bosnia where the genocide victims come from, and we must actively persevere and work on the gradual establishment of a constitutional organization which will fully annul the results of the genocide – wrote Silajdzic in his statement.

Mass exodus of Srebrenica people

Those who had returned to Srebrenica announced a mass exodus from the town on March 14 unless Srebrenica was separated from the Serb Republic. they have also requested special status.

- We will no longer tie our destiny to this municipality, which is dying out and which is the biggest centre of money laundering after the war, orchestrated by foreign and domestic traders who profit from our misfortune. For this reason, we well collectively and permanently leave this town in ten days and continue our lives in the buildings of state and international institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina – said Hakija Meholjic, one of the main initiators of the Proclamation Committee, reports Sarajevo newspaper Oslobodjenje. Meholjic added that the municipality consisted of dead economy, infrastructure, and culture.

Threats over the phone

In the proclamation, the Committee states that Srebrenica has been left out of all Serb Republic's development plans and that this still continues to be the case now that Milorad Dodik holds the office of Prime Minister.

- On the wings of his nationalist rhetoric, extremist groups are becoming more prominent, with their criminal symbols and exclamations. The refugees who returned to Srebrenica are receiving threats over the phone, urging them to move out and announcing a repetition of the events that took place in May 1999.

Several days ago, Milorad Dodik announced million of marks' investments in Srebrenica and he initiated the founding of an institute for genocide research and invited the people of Srebrenica to stay.

Municipality and Committee heads meet today

Srebrenica municipality head Abdulrahman Malkic said that the initiative committee's demands fit into the Municipality's plans and activities and that he would meet them today.

Those who gathered behind the initiative committee's proclamation are mainly Bosniacs from all political parties, who had returned to Srebrenica. They are denying any political background and say that Serbian, Croatian, and other residents of Srebrenica will also leave the town with them.