Speech president Republics Serbia on Remembrance Day for the murdered and expelled Serbs in action " Storm " (Mrkonjić Grad, August 4, 2026)
Dear Sir/Madam His Holiness , presidents Karan, Dodik, Cvjanović , Stevandić , Brnavic , Minic everyone the rest , dear hierarchs , venerable People .
Nevenka Dobrić is 9 months old . stretcher yours Sinisha , she gave birth to him, nursed him, raised him, taught him and And those angelic ones eyes which we are we could have watched a few days ago minute villains are extinguished . And never they are not to no one said about Sinisa eyes , never to no one they are not they said about the tear and sadness mothers . Never them not either care , celebrated are they like big victory . We expected are and they hoped that we Serbs , who we are not once done in history , we should agree with to them and let's forget crimes , let 's forget and wonderful eyes twelve-year-old Sinisa . Or Darinka's six-year-old granddaughter Jovice , who was killed in Petrovačka cesta. Or something older Mirjana Dubajic , or Stelje , Kovačeviće , Dubajiće , Vukoviće ...
Killed are us people , not for the first time, and no matter how many people to us they kill , and no matter how much We always have victims . It's our fault . They expel us 250,000 people , brutal campaign , purchase and agent by action and in Serbia and in Serbian and in Montenegro , everywhere and on each way . Tried are to us convinced that it is our fault , we Serbs we are responsible , not those who them killed and expelled , but just us, and many of us they accepted it , and many of us are in a pogrom over with the truth participated . From false story as agreed​ everything from fake story and various theory conspiracies , in which always you have to find the culprit in Belgrade , instead of looking for him in the villains who are intentionally extinguished Sinisine eyes . That is ours fate was after The first of the World War, 29 percent of the total population Serbia lost in the First world war. Helped those who are were on foreign occupier yarn on victorious side . And to the Croats and To the Slovenes . Never neither thank you they are not they said , it's already for them was occupation . In the Second killed in World War II are us mercilessly , relentlessly , with incredible unscrupulousness and incredible bestiality , like that how neither German Nazis they are not worked enemies . It was also forgotten we are not could in none​ to read the textbook , yes of all big cities former Yugoslavia , none not bombed from beginning , just one our Belgrade. In Zagreb are Nazi tanks with flowers welcomed , everything is forgotten and no one said anything about it allowed to speak . New generations were born and the new generation Serbs which she is no longer afraid of them , which she is not ashamed to say truth , generation people who are not afraid to suffer the largest campaigns lies , untruths , but which they won't forget angelic eyes Sinise Dobrić to get applause in Zagreb , Sarajevo , Podgorica .
I am addressing you last time like​ president Serbia , but I want to give you important things to say .
In the past 12 years we are changed a lot , from silence about suffering Serbs , to the point that we were The most important thing is that we like each other . to some by what we would they said that when We get up at half past ten and listen. Severin , it was for us it is more important to listen and deaf Glamack wheel and Krajina song and let's not forget suffering ours Krajina people both in Lika and in Banija and in Kordun , Dalmatia and everywhere and on all places and thus also​ today We are proud .
Successful we are to oppose a narrative that is already " don't be offended " existed . Like what are us after Second World War I said not to talk about Jasenovac .
They are mine . forbade me to go to Jasenovac, they know it's mine family victim Ustasha terror , indeed there were​ care , knew I am sure they are unscrupulous and that their bestiality end no , but I did not hope that it would pass in silence in Europe , the world and that everyone real silly and they are silent to that. Imagine president , descendant victims , he must not visit the most terrible concentration camp from Second World War II. And all silent , democratic , European values ... I am not it's about me , it 's about it The truth about Jasenovac .
Everyone a little , took alone statistics , in the last 40 days, you have one hundred texts in the media in Zagreb , there are symbolism , about how Jasenovac is a myth , how it is a fabrication , how are numbers excessive , and how actually such crime not neither either because it was just working camp . And it is not everything started By storm . Don't forget they accuse Serbia , that they Serbs aggressors , so they are not Serbs dissolved common the state which then​ called Yugoslavia , that was the only one international recognized creation , SFRY, you are started demolishing​ international law recognized subject , you are caused and conflicts , not us Serbs , but the Serbs are only wanted to save there and such the state and remain on with their own fireplaces . And nothing more than that [APPLAUSE] . You do n't care what you are lying every day [APPLAUSE] , what you are deceiving whole world every day, you think you can forever . You think that no one can give you answer , and to remind you to what it is like in reality and What is the truth? true .
Have you ever saw either whomever​​ whom from Zagreb that he passed flower on any monument​ Serbian victims . They mock us. carrying on Jasenovac flower wreaths with Croatian flag , mock we don't, they didn't there suffered Croats , if there were exceptions , there are suffered Serbs first of all , then Jews and Roma. When did he start conflict in Croatia first are us cleaned cities , urban areas , killed people from Zagreb , Rijeka , Zadar, Osijek , everyone are had yours crystalline night , cleaned up cities from real and real Serbian elites. They held us sermons How is Medakovic? villain and criminal . Adopted yours quasi elite , indeed as what are done in the Second world war when are had Sava Besarović , a general Uzelac and many others on to his/her side , Serbs the villains who for the sake of functions , bags-bows and other personal privilege were on Ustasha foreign . Such are always held under their own control . And then are the simple, ordinary one people , that our wonderful Borderland people , freedom-loving as always defended yours baptism glory , yours Serbian church , yours name and last name , that one the bravest part of us , attacked with all side with everything together American and European logistical , political , economic and to each to another with support and then you are still awake persuaded how are ours people , like our 12- year-old Siniša Dobrić coward so he left on tractor , and the big ones heroes .
The whole area against small Krajina people , and Serbia , Serbia weak , and since I speak last time like president Republics sorry Nevenka, on behalf of all citizens of Serbia, on behalf of of all Serbs from Serbia , which is Serbia was weak , why was she silent , why did she hide from you , why was she silent about the crimes , what to you not let you come to Belgrade [APPLAUSE] , because she kept you away with highways [APPLAUSE] Excuse me . us [APPLAUSE] , and we ourselves we will not to forgive yours tears and eyes Sinise Dobrić .
Said alone , the first time we are on Crabs held commemorative memory on tragedy which happened​ our people , watched you and me thought you are " this" story political stories , story something what people he likes to hear .” I never say what people loves to hear , and you will hear and for a few moments why alone to you this said​ I 've never done that always I tried to speak . truth and to strive by the way we achieve goals . Don't forget , then alone to you said - while alone someone in Serbia and while I wonder in Serbia , but I knew alone what us upcoming , how we must economic let's strengthen Serbia, to strengthen it politically , to strengthen it militarily , because we would overrun so far and Serbian and Serbia , don't have it . none suspicion that we are not worked [APPLAUSE] . Then I to you said dear friends [APPLAUSE] , never never again​ more and I repeat that to you and tonight , we won't to allow , and I know that I am saying this very much heavy , serious at the moment , and I am speaking to you as [ unclear ] responsible and serious man , the man who is the longest in power in Serbia , none president - elect on democratic way not was in power longer , I guarantee give you more nowhere not even in the Republic Serbian nor on either to which part territories Serbia will not to be none Storms , pogroms and suffering Serbian people [APPLAUSE] . Serbia is enough strong [APPLAUSE] , that's today I can tell you . will save and protect yours people and will not to wait and he will not move away and to search Leibniz sufficient reason and excuse to leave yours people on strainer .
It is not to resent to the people Serbia at that moment , Serbia was economic broken , politically weak . And let me remind you , we are not were neither enough polite , neither enough disciplined to lead take care of yourself , leadership Serbia introduced​ sanctions and management blockages​ Republika Srpska, leadership Republika Srpska is, unfortunately , political suited on that, let's go are insults on the one hand and others sides and instead of as brothers and sisters , like same gender, to be on the same foreign , often we are were , opposed one to others , and ours enemies are just waiting for that . And the first opportunity which are welcomed , took advantage of are to us attack to destroy and Serbian Krajina and tried to completely destroy Republic Serbian . What , right ? are overtaken by republicans border , then already state border , right? them prevented them from entering here in Mrkonjić where never not either a few Croat and no more than that? Is it their bothered to burn each house ? Is it theirs ? bothered to kill each on which are came across , who was breathing , moving and had eyes Sinise Good ? No. them no problem with that​ team they are not Did they have them ? someone condemned in the world , right? them someone word said that they trampled international-public legal norms ? No them nobody nothing said and everything they did it .
For the umpteenth time, have you heard Tudjman's famous sentence from Brion that the Serbs "practically disappear". Watch out for that sentence, that the Serbs "practically disappear", that the Serbs "practically disappear". That's what Ante Pavelić and Maks Luburić told us, and they all wanted it, and you killed many, many, many Serbs, and you expelled many, many, many Serbs, and here we are again here in that Mrkonjić that you burned, we gathered, the Serbian people are rising, new generations are coming and they will never allow you to trample us like you did in the past! [APPLAUSE]
You see, there are no tricks they didn't use. Think about it, each of you should ask yourself, respected citizens, how many times have any of us uttered that phrase Croatian Serb, Bosnian Serb, Kosovo Serb, imagine that you never said it to us, dear friends, Serbian Croat, you never, never heard it because we are not frauds, we respected other peoples. If you are a Croat, you are a Croat, if you are a Bosniak, you are a Bosniak. They could never tolerate the Serbs, they did not make a geographical reference, but spoke, used possessive adjectives and it was always a Croatian Serb. We are neither Croatian nor Bosnian nor Serbian, we are only Serbs, we belong to the same people, we will always belong [APPLAUSE] and don't divide us, don't invent names for us so that we don't start inventing names for you. [APPLAUSE]
When they tell you in Sarajevo that a Serbian is eating, you will see what a fraud it is. I am not Serbian even though I was born in Belgrade and Serbia. And my father could be a Serbian by chance. And you noticed that they don't call Sulejman Ugljanin a Serbian, he is a Bosniak, not a Serbian. And we Serbians ate? No, you have to call us Serbs, otherwise we will call you as we want [APPLAUSE - RAISED SPEAKER'S TONE] you have to respect us, to call us Serbs because we belong to the same race and there is no difference between Serbs from Mrkonjić, Serbs from Pirot, Kosovska Mitrovica, Nikšić, Belgrade or any other city. And if you don't change your behavior, we will change our behavior and you will see what it looks like, and you will see what it looks like when we give you names and nicknames. [APPLAUSE]
Of course, many Serbs have always accepted it. There have always been servants and occupiers among us Serbs, servants of various agencies of those who in various ways wanted the collapse of Serbia. Always.
Tonight, I will take a few more minutes to point out to you, as the most experienced, not the oldest, but the most experienced president of Serbia in its history, the things we have to do and to point out the dangers, the whirlpools we can encounter and what I would like you to avoid, sisters and brothers, in the future. For us at this time, peace is always good for everyone and works for everyone. For us, preserving peace and stability is the most important thing right now because it works for us. We are progressing faster than others, our economy is progressing faster, we are growing faster industrially, we are growing faster in every sense. Don't forget, even in a military sense, and hopefully we will never use the military for defensive purposes. And in that sense, we are growing the fastest. Time and peace work for us. It works for others too, but don't let me tell you, you know very well how many of them, as they say, I've heard that in several places, are waiting for the second half. We ask them not to wait for the second half. We ask them not to do that, because we want peace with them, we want good relations. But as I told you, the Serbian people are the most suffering people, by far the most suffering people in the 20th century. We no longer have the right to suffer pogroms, genocides, crimes, or anything else. We can't, we will lose our people, and I guess we learned something from all our mistakes.
What is also important, we must be disciplined in respecting minimum national goals and interests. Democracy is important, the best form of political regime has not been invented yet. But we Serbs must know what elementary goals are and stick to them. A little while ago Mile said something important, and you will hear what I have to say about it. We agreed 14 years ago, he was against me in the campaign, I have to say that after a year he said, if nothing else, I am satisfied because you take more care of our Serbian interests than those before you. We became friends, but we didn't always agree on everything. Have you people noticed that in 14 years it never happened that any representative of the state body of Serbia or Republika Srpska said anything bad about the representative or the state of Serbia or the representative of the state body of Serbia and vice versa. Never in 14 years has that happened. [APPLAUSE] Never. We knew how to be disciplined, to be serious, to be responsible towards our people. It doesn't mean we didn't argue sometimes. People say you determined, ordered. Me, no. Sometimes I would tell Mile what I think, and when he says I can or can't, I say you can and you can't. Serbia will be with you. And that is the best possible relationship that must exist. [APPLAUSE]
Our church and thank you, Your Holiness, for guarding our church. It is not easy to save. You will hear why. Because even in the church we had ideas that are wicked and dangerous. We are talking about the so-called, polycentric ideas. About the federalization and confederalization of our church, and now lately you hear, look wonders, from prominent Serbian nationalists, the idea of polycentric Serbia, that is the death of the Serbian people, that is the death of the Serbian church. When they tried to build an Orthodox church in Croatia, or an Orthodox church in Montenegro, our bishops, and I know our patriarch and Patriarch Irinej, felt what it was all about. If they had succeeded, the Serbian church would never have been what it is today and what it will always be. The Serbian Church is the same here in Mrkonjić, the same in Pirot, the same in Sydney, the same in Skopje, the same in Frankfurt, in Melbourne [APPLAUSE] and in every other place in the world. And so we must know what our vital national interests are. And not that someone finds the same Leibniz sufficient reason and justification for his anti-Serbian behavior in the fact that he is going to tell you the famous sentence that you have heard countless times: our interests are specific. Don't! Your interests are very specific. You are more important than Belgrade and Banja Luka, so your interests are specific.
We have two groups of people here, Serbs, who have always worked against vital Serbian interests. And understand me why this in this way, I said for the last time I am speaking as the president of the country, and you listen to me. One group is openly against everything Serbian. They are always in Serbia against Republika Srpska, as well as in Srpska against Serbia. You have about 20 percent of them. But they are clear to all of us, they always worked for someone else, they never loved the Serbian people, and we understood all that. Much more dangerous are those others who came from false patriotic positions and who today preach to us about polycentric Serbia, what kind of polycentric Serbia is that , where you will oppose Podgorica to Belgrade and Banja Luka, where you will oppose Trebinje to Banja Luka and Belgrade, where you will one day oppose Bjeljina to Belgrade and Banja Luka, where you compare Novi Sad to Belgrade, that is polycentric Serbia. This is the disintegration and destruction of both Serbia and Republika Srpska and we will not give you that polycentrism however you make it and however you call it with our strength we will defeat [APPLAUSE] those vicious and dangerous ideas you appear with. And who comes up with those ideas, salon nationalists dressed up and tidy, never respected the people, despise the people, but they know how to salt our minds. Vučić is a traitor, he didn't go to war with Pristina, he didn't go to war with this and that, and they, you want to hear the results since you haven't heard them because we forget quickly.
There were a lot of mistakes, a lot of shame, especially around Serbian Krajina. In the 90s, Milosevic fell, they promised us Kosovo is a democratic issue, we will solve it while you said biscuits with our European friends. And on the first day, don't forget, those great nationalists who gave us patriotic sermons renounced themselves, and I guess we were traitors before that. The first day of the renunciation of continuity in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the common state, i.e. the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the second day of the release of Albanian terrorists, including the Mazreka brothers and all the other butchers from Klečka. On the third day, the dissolution of the common state and its transformation into a state community in order to create the conditions for the independence of Montenegro. Pogrom in Kosovo and Metohija on March 17, silence, no announcements, let alone the state doing something. 500,000 people on the streets, Serbia's economy is collapsing, Montenegro is seceding, as the last signal that they are going to secede Kosovo. Everyone is silent. How can we win elections and how can we flatter ourselves with Severina's songs or I don't know which one. Proclaim the independence of Kosovo, 85 countries in 2008 declared independence and supported the independence of Kosovo. Shut up, don't tell us that during the election, great patriots did that to us, did they help something in the Republika Srpska, did they do something for the Republika Srpska, did they build a temple, did they build a school, did they build a kindergarten? But we forget that. And you are silent like the president, you are silent like the president, you are silent because you have to look only to the future and not remind. I will not remain silent, I want to warn the Serbian people of what awaits us if we behave in the same way and fall for the same scams! [APPLAUSE]
Why am I obliged to thank the Republika Srpska tonight? To its leadership, whatever one thinks. I have never interfered in your elections, no matter how hard I tried, I always have to have the closest relations with the leadership of Republika Srpska. I have never interfered, and that is your will. I never asked you to interfere in the elections in Serbia. It is your will, who you will support, who you will not, who you will love, you feel best. But I am obliged to thank the leadership of the Republika Srpska because we Serbs take everything for granted, and I will explain to you with the following example that not everything is taken for granted. In percentage terms, more Serbs live in Montenegro than in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 33% of Serbs live in Montenegro, about 31% of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Did Bosnia and Herzegovina recognize Kosovo's independence? She would admit it, she would be the first in line to admit it if she were wondering about Sarajevo and Mostar. Banja Luka did not give, Republika Srpska did not give, the leadership of Republika Srpska [APPLAUSE] led by President Dodik did not give. And did Montenegro do that? Yes, the first was back in 2008. Serbs won, litia won in 2020, has anything changed? Not worse, same and worse. We didn't see any change at all. Is Bosnia and Herzegovina a member of NATO, it is not, and not because Sarajevo and Mostar will not and because Banja Luka and the leadership of Republika Srpska did not allow it. Because it followed Serbia [APPLAUSE] because it loved and respected Serbia [APPLAUSE]. Is Montenegro part of NATO? And yes, of course, because they really cared about Serbia, they really cared about our common suffering in 1999. They go to the future, and you Serbs stay in the past. And let me tell you, do you know how much I love to be wherever you want as long as I don't betray Sinisa Dobrić's eyes and this wonderful mother Nevenka to take care of them, and you never have to open a cluster for us or do anything [APPLAUSE]. And you four times in Montenegro voted declarations and resolutions that we are a genocidal nation. Four times, not once, not twice, not three times was not enough for them, they voted four times. Croatia did not vote four times as many times as Montenegro did. I don't even know Tirana that she voted so many times. Don't fall in love with someone or there is no end to it. I begged them a year ago. They came to Belgrade, sat down, talked, agreed, I thought. Please, we know that you will not change your policy, we know you, we understand you, we understand everything, Kosovo will remain recognized. we get it all. But you don't have to go to Oluja to Oluja to commemorate with the Croats, you don't have to celebrate, at least show that you respect our Serbian victims, that you respect this boy who was killed by the villains with 12 bullets, at least show that. They say that we will take care of it, we will and here's how they take care, here's how they take care and they don't really care what concerns them, someone will praise them tomorrow and open another cluster for them or close another cluster, whatever it is.
I want to thank the Republika Srpska, because you have always been with Serbia, not only with your love, your attention and your support, but also with your political action. And they could pressure Republika Srpska as much as they wanted, they never left Serbia in the lurch. And Serbia has an obligation to never leave the Republika Srpska in the lurch. [APPLAUSE]
I have many relatives in Republika Srpska, they suffered a lot, not only in my family, but from the families of my friends, people are somehow scattered all over Republika Srpska, all over Serbia. And everyone always thought the same, hoped for our spiritual unity, hoped for our cooperation, our closest relations. We can't change borders, but we can always stand by each other and never do anything against each other. I learned here, and today a host told me in Jezera, he says, Aleksandar, you will never be able to understand how much we from here love our Serbia. We love her more [APPLAUSE] than many of you who come from Serbia. And I, my dear friends, want to thank you here in the heroic city of Petr Mrkonjić for everything that the Republika Srpska has always done for Serbia. Thank you President Dodik, thank you to your leadership, thank you to all of you who have always been with the Serbian people and I want to speak for the last time as president to bow to you and to say thank you to the Republika Srpska and to tell you, you also do not believe how much I love you, how much I love the Republic of Srpska and how much the people of Serbia love the Republika Srpska. [APPLAUSE]
Dear Nevenka, dear Nevenka [ CHEERING : Aco Srbine, Aco Srbine, Aco Srbine, Aco Srbine] dear Nevenka, I could not stop the tears, maybe I am a weak man, when I looked at your son's face and eyes. But I guarantee you one thing, as long as I am able, I will fight for the strengthening and strengthening of Serbia, you are now in our Serbia, we will never allow the memory of your Sinisa, the Dobrić family and many other families to die. We will gather every year, and in the meantime we will work hard, we will work diligently, to strengthen our economy and to make Serbia and Republika Srpska stronger and stronger. I'm just asking you, dear friends, not everything is beautifully packaged, always good for our people, sorry for all my mistakes, both you in Srpska and you in Serbia. Sorry if I ever showed any degree of arrogance. When you lead the country, you have to lead it, make difficult decisions and lead it not by easy means. Free cheese is always only in the mousetrap. There is no easy way for serious countries. We all succeeded together, Serbia is the strongest today and in its history, in every sense. And not strong enough, she will have to be much stronger and much stronger. That's why we need you, that's why we need a united force. We are one, as our patriarch Porphyry said , one, unique people. You can put up barriers as much as you want, we will always have the same first and last name, we will celebrate the same glories and we will always love each other. And no one will be able to prevent it. But we have to fight against all the tricks, all the frauds, all the lies, and I have no problem accepting a good part of the burden on my back. When they no longer know what to do, they attack me, and I am the happiest, because I always remember the words of Bishop Sergius. That president must have done something good, when so many are crucifying him. [APPLAUSE] Those who wish our race so badly.
And for the end, and for the end, thank you for being with us all these 12 years. Thank you that it was not difficult for you to get to different places from Leskovac, to Mrkonjić Grad and Prijedor. Thank you for not forgetting the victims of Krajina, and you dear citizens of Krajina, sorry that we were not strong enough, sorry, you heroes of Serbia, that we hid, that we hid you, and we will never be able to erase that shame from our faces. But we will look to change ourselves in the future, to show that we have learned our lessons and never allow children like Sinisa Dobrić to suffer again. That's our oath, that's our promise. I conclude by saying that there will never be another storm against the Serbian people and the pogrom of the Serbian people, no matter who is on the other side. [APPLAUSE] Thank you for your love, thank you for your support, thank you for your attention, long live our people of Krajina, long live Republika Srpska, long live Serbia! Thank you, I wish you and your families all the best.
