Reactions to the arrest of General Dudakovic

Former senior officers of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina say that Dudakovic was not supposed to be arrested but would have come to the call.

"We are fully committed to prosecuting all war crimes, but we expect BiH judicial institutions to resist pressure from policies aimed at creating an artificial ethnic balance in committed war crimes, thus trying to change the historical facts and character of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina" , said Bakir Izetbegovic, Chairman of the Presidency Chairmanship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Anadolija reports

They emphasized that the arrest of General Atif Dudakovic's commander and other members of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was unnecessary to humiliate the people who were available to the investigators during the many-year investigation and regularly responded to all their calls.

"Respecting the presumption of innocence, we believe that General Dudakovic and members of the Fifth Corps will, in fair and fair court proceedings, dismiss all the accusations they are charged with," they added from Izetbegovic's Office.

Coordination of veterans' associations and associations in BH the Federation Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina reacted to the arrest of General Dudakovic.

"The fighters of the RBiH Army organized in the Coordination of the War Veterans Association in BiH are surprised and apprehensive by the arrest of our Commander, General Atif Dudakovic. General Atif Dudakovic is a symbol of the defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the honorable fighter and the commander.This is the culmination of an attempt to equate guilt and responsibility for committed war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, "the Coordination statement said.

Members are confident, as further stated in the announcement, that Dudakovic and the others arrested will prove their innocence before the competent judicial institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina "because the defense of their homeland is the patriotic act of every citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and our general has only honorably defended his Bosnia and Herzegovina ".

JOB: 'Try to equalize aggressor and victim'

Regarding the arrest of General Dudakovic, the Board of the Unified Organization of Fighters (JOB) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Union of Veterans", also reacted.

"We are surprised by the arrest of our legendary Commander of the Army of the RBiH, General Atif Dudakovic, and his colleagues. This case once again points to the continuity of stereotypes, harassment and arrest of BiH defense attorneys. we certainly will not allow it. We thought that from the end of the war until the end of the day, finally, who are the aggressors and who are victims, and that the organizers and leaders of the war crimes, genocide and crimes committed in the period 1992-1995 will be prosecuted and but they are still being arrested by the RBiH generals and fighters, that is, the victims are prosecuted and punished, thus violating international law and trying to equalize the victim and the aggressor, "the quotation from the statement of the Managing Board of JOB -a.

JOB will direct all the capacities in the direction of the most urgent release of the arrested and proving the true truth - that they have not committed the war crimes they are charged with, the statement said.

If any action is being taken against the commander of the 5th Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Atif Dudakovic, I hope that it will be based on his great heroic act that he did between 1992 and 1995, said the retired General of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jovan Divjak.

He pointed out that the arrest information shocked him for several reasons.

"He was arrested in a way that was a criminal, which is neither human nor human," Divjak said, and reminded that he himself was arrested and to understand what kind of situation Dudakovic was going through.

The way Dudakovic was arrested was commented by Sherif Patkovic, another senior officer of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"The most hurt is the fact of the arrest this morning. Nobody should have been arrested, all BH patriots are regularly responding to the hearings, it was enough to call Dudakovic only and he would leave, so even if he should be detained, he would remain as much as he needs due to Bosnia and Herzegovina, "said Patkovic, among others.

'Balance Balance'

The arrest of Dudakovic and other officers and non-commissioned officers of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina shows that the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina operates under strong pressure from the policies aimed at equalizing Bosnia and Herzegovina's and Bosnia and Herzegovina's defense attorneys, according to a statement from the Party of Democratic Action.

"This is to create an artificial balance in committed crimes and change the character of war," the statement added.

The United States states that the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina systematically prevented and punished perpetrators of crimes in their ranks, while on the other side, it added, "the forces that carried out the aggression against BiH systematically planned, organized, encouraged and committed crimes. can, and will never be able to equalize the number of crimes committed by BiH defense attorneys with BiH aggressors. This creation of an artificial balance in the number of crimes committed is not possible even through criminal actions initiated under unacceptable political pressures. "

Evidence of innocence

The Association of Citizens of the Bosnian Krajina reacted today for this morning's arrest of the former commander of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The statement of Fikret Ćuskic, president of the association, points out that Dudakovic is a hero, not a criminal, according to Anadolija agency.

"This is the culmination of an attempt at equating the guilt and responsibility for war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since I was a participant in the final operations in Krajina, I can only say that he was a great warrior, a honorable fighter above everything. that he will prove his innocence in the upcoming process. I am personally sorry about everything that is happening. I hardly survive as one human, noble struggle is trying and qualifying in this way and the commander is experiencing such a fate, "he said.

"It is the price that we pay, it is up to us to do everything to help him prove his innocence." He is certainly a difficult human, psychological and political struggle in front of us .We, the members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are proud of him. system and that the general will prove his innocence to the competent courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "

According to the order of the Prosecutor of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SIPA police officers have deprived Dudakovic of freedom and 11 other members of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced today.

They are suspected of the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 17 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the suspect Dudaković also for the criminal offenses of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173 of the same law.

Eight thousand pages of 'evidence'

Director of the Government Center bh. entity Republika Srpska for war research, war crimes and search for missing persons Milorad Kojić said that the center collected and delivered to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,000 pages of evidence documents against Dudakovic.

Kojic claims that the evidence relates to the "Sana 95" operation, from September 13 to October 10, 1995, and includes the municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac, Kljuc, Bosanska Krupa, Sanski Most.

The application against Dudakovic was filed in 2006 by the then President and RS Prime Minister Dragan Cavic and Milorad Dodik, and a supplementary report was submitted in 2015.

• 27 Apr, 2018
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