Members of the Ravna Gora movements from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia and their sympathizers marked the suffering of Dragoljub Draza Mihajlovic and his followers in “Drazevina” without uniforms and lining up in the center of Visegrad under the supervision of members of the Republika Srpska (RS) Ministry of Internal Affairs and EUFOR peacekeepers.
Several dozen followers of the Ravna Gora movements marked March 13th without the usual rally in Visegrad and without lining up on the Square of Fallen Soldiers after such a rally was banned by the police, BIRN writes.
Commemorative services, the laying of flowers, and lighting of candles were held in Dobrunska Rijeka, known as “Drazevina” near Visegrad, where about a hundred people in civilian clothes came to pay tribute to Dragoljub Draza Mihajlovic, a Chetnik leader sentenced to death in 1946 for high treason and cooperation with Nazi Germany. He was rehabilitated by the High Court in Belgrade in 2015.
The president of the Ravna Gora Movement of RS, Dusan Sladojevic, told that the date was important to them and that they would always celebrate it, as their faith dictates, by praying and paying tribute.
He finds it difficult, he says, that they could not pay tribute to Mihailovic in a military way because such a gathering was banned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RS.
Sladojevic said that he informed all the people of Ravna Gora about the ban on public gatherings from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RS and that they have always respected the laws and orders.
Speaking about the public’s anxiety over their gathering and especially the returnees to Visegrad, Sladojevic told BIRN BiH, but also during his address to the people of Ravna Gora, that they do not endanger anyone with their way of marking, nor do they intend to upset anyone.
None of those present wore uniforms or sang songs, while certain people wore hats with cockades, T-shirts with insignia, badges, and flags were placed on the building next to the Monastery where the commemorative service was marked. Members of the RS Ministry of the Internal Affairs inspected people who came to the monastery in “Drazevina” and did not allow them to enter the signs, but there was a stand in front of the monastery where visitors could buy some of the signs.
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Source: Klix.ba
