Stanivukovic: There will be no Pride Parade in Banja Luka during my Term

The elected mayor of Banja Luka, Drasko Stanivukovic, said on Saturday evening that no Pride Parade would be held during his term. Speaking on Face TV, and answering the question whether he would support the pride parade in Banja Luka, he said that one in Sarajevo was enough.

”I think that these are values ​​that should not be promoted in that way in the squares. That is not in the spirit of the people to which I belong,” said Stanivukovic, adding that no one is endangered.

He added that there would be no gay parade in Banja Luka during his tenure.

He pointed out that he had not received such an initiative, that is, that he had not yet taken office.

”I don’t think it should be in Banja Luka, that is my opinion,” he said.

He pointed out that the entities should compete in who will be better.

”I am sending a human message, one can live normally here,” said Stanivukovic.

He added that he had put man at the center of his policy, and that he did not divide people by religion or nation. He said that the Republika Srpska was created by “the struggle of the Serbian people”, and that it is permanent and unquestionable.