Parliamentary group Socialists and Democrats, the second strongest in to the European Parliament, she assessed that the decision of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić that the state participates in the transfer of the body of Ratko Mladić to Serbia and enables his public commemoration is unacceptable and represents the glorification of a convicted war crime and genocide.
This political group stated that such attitude towards A young man it is also a serious insult to his victims.
In a post on Instagram, she assessed that Vučić, glorifying Mladić, whom they called the "Bosnian butcher", once again showed contempt for European values, writes Beta.
Socialists and Democrats said that there must be no space in the European Union for the glorification of war criminals and called on the EU to hold Vučić accountable.
At the same time, they asked the European People's Party to decide whether it will continue to keep Vučić's party in its ranks or whether it will clearly defend European values.
They reminded that Mladić died on August 27 in the Hague detention hospital, at the age of 84, while serving a life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes.
In 2021, he was legally convicted of genocide against Bosniaks in Srebrenica, crimes against humanity committed against Muslims and Croats in 15 municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, terrorizing civilians during the siege of Sarajevo and taking UN peacekeepers hostage.
Socialists and Democrats emphasized that they stand firmly with the victims of Mladić's crimes and their families, as well as with all those who are still bearing the consequences of those events.
The body of the former commander of the Republika Srpska Army was transferred from The Hague to Belgrade by a plane owned by the Government of Serbia. The commemoration was held in the Home of the Serbian Armed Forces, whose members participated in carrying and guarding the coffin.
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