Stevandić: Serbs endured difficult times during the Second Balkan War

The President of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska, Nenad Stevandić, said today in Pale that the Serbs endured difficult times and challenges during the Second Balkan War, and that today’s times are no less difficult and challenging.

Stevandić told journalists, on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition “The Second Balkan War in Photographs and Documents” by the author Dejan Antic, that one should cultivate knowledge about one’s national history and spiritual greatness, because Serbian history is side by side with the history of much larger and better-known nations, which many of them worship.

“Why did /French/ Colonel Jacques Ogar protect the Serbian enclaves in Kosovo? He himself said that his uncle died together with Serbian officers in the First World War and that he was amazed by their strength. “I think we are not a different people from the people who were in the Iron Regiment, who as academics took a rifle to defend their country, as I think we would do today,” emphasized Stevandic.

He pointed out that the weight of the challenges only speaks of the size of the people who can withstand them, stating that in the First Balkan War the Serbian people were written off, because it was considered that they would be completely defeated, and the same was true in the Second Balkan War.

According to him, the Serbian people emerged victorious from all those challenges.

“Even today, many nations or large countries, when they push for a resolution on Srebrenica, think that we will lose.” But the Serbian army, which was in front of Kajmakcalan, thought about how difficult it was, but climbed up. That’s why we will also climb other hills in our future,” said Stevandic.

Serbs should remain committed to Srpska and not fall for provocations

The President of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska, Nenad Stevandić, said that the Serbian people must remain cool, calculated and dedicated to Srpska and that they should not fall for provocations such as the pamphlets of the Bosnian-Bosniak National Council.

Stevandić pointed out that it was precisely pamphlets like this that constituted extremism.

“Other extremisms do not exist. We should ignore such provocations and label them as provocative documents or provocative actions. We must remain cool, calculated, dedicated to ourselves and the Republika Srpska. When we can be like that, then there is no winner over us,” Stevandić told reporters in Pale.

The Bosnian-Bosniak National Council issued a statement yesterday in which it calls on the people to self-organize, and claims, among other things, that in accordance with the general situation in the country, citizens cannot trust institutions that are predominantly led by, as they state, “descendants of the former war criminals”.

The media reports that among the ideologues of this council, which calls for conflicts and undermines the mutual trust of the people and coexistence, is one of the accused in the “Dobrovoljačka” case.

Antić: Youth to learn about Serbian history

Pale is a heroic place that had great historical significance and symbolism in the creation of the Republika Srpska, and that’s why children should learn about Serbian history, said Dejan Antić, author of the exhibition “The Second Balkan War in Photos and Documents”, which opened tonight in Pale.
Antić told the journalists that tonight they are remembering the heroes from Bregalnica, but also the wonderful heroes from Kumanovo, from the battles near Prilep and Bitolj.

“The First Balkan War opened the doors of old Serbia and brought freedom to our compatriots in Southern Old Serbia, and the Second Balkan War the Serbian soldier did not want and was forced into because during the night of the 29th at 3O. In June 1913, a Bulgarian soldier attacked Serbian positions,” said Antić, who is also a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Nis.

According to him, the Serbian army showed heroism and unity and in those battles, in less than a month, the Bulgarian units were rejected, and the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia was defended, as well as the legacy of the First Balkan War.

He pointed out that Serbs should emulate the heroes of the First and Second Balkan Wars, the heroes of the Great War and the legendary Iron Regiment.

Antić said that Serbs, following the example of their heroism, are today defending the territorial integrity of Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, part of Serbia.

“We need to defend the Republic of Srpska, which was born out of the great struggle of the Serbian people. 25,000 Serbian soldiers gave their lives and laid their bones in the foundations of Srpska, and the Serbian people had more than 15,000 civilian victims. The battlegrounds were all over Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Antić.

The Mayor of Pale Boško Jugović thanked the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, Nenad Stevandić, who arranged for the exhibition to be opened in the capital of Srpska.

Jugović pointed out that the exhibition dedicated to the Second Balkan War shows how long the Serbian people’s struggle for freedom was, and that the Serbs always defended their territories, the Serbian people, and always had different allies who did not treat them correctly after the war.

“It is time for the Serbs to be united and united in the defense of their territories,” said Jugović and added that tonight they could learn a lot from Professor Antic.

The exhibition was organized by the Pale Cultural and Sports Center on the occasion of commemorating the 110th anniversary of the victory in the Second Balkan War.

The exhibition will be open until May 15. I work during the day from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The President of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska Nenad Stevandić opened the exhibition “The Second Balkan War in Photos and Documents” in Pale this evening in the presence of many dignitaries from the area of ​​the city of East Sarajevo.

(www.palelive.com / Srna)