2012 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN SREBRENICA
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| Photo of Camil Durakovic, mayor of Srebrenica. |
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"This is a fight between two politics that dominate our country: those denying genocide and those who do not, between good and evil," said Camil Durakovic, independent Bosniak candidate for mayor of Srebrenica.
Durakovic declared victory tonight in local elections in this municipality.
Although there are votes left to be counted from a few polling stations, Durakovic is confident that he has convincing lead over Serbian political candidates.
"This is a victory for all of us, a victory for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Srebrenica, a victory for all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Durakovic.
Bosniak retiree Hasan Mesanovic, 64, said of the vote: "What the Serbs failed to obtain with their ethnic cleansing, by genocide, they would do now if they win. But if Serbs win, I will never come back. Who could guarantee that they would not do the same again?"
Durakovic declared victory tonight in local elections in this municipality.
Although there are votes left to be counted from a few polling stations, Durakovic is confident that he has convincing lead over Serbian political candidates.
"This is a victory for all of us, a victory for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Srebrenica, a victory for all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Durakovic.
Bosniak retiree Hasan Mesanovic, 64, said of the vote: "What the Serbs failed to obtain with their ethnic cleansing, by genocide, they would do now if they win. But if Serbs win, I will never come back. Who could guarantee that they would not do the same again?"
The electoral victory in the municipality where Serbs committed horrendous massacres between 1992-1994, and Genocide in 1995, is of great importance to Bosniaks, because they view Serbian political domination in this part of ethnically cleansed Bosnia as unacceptable.
Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Serbs destroyed 296 Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica, including many women, children and the elderly. In 1993, the UN described the situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).
Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Serbs destroyed 296 Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica, including many women, children and the elderly. In 1993, the UN described the situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).
posted by Srebrenica Genocide at 3:32 PM
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