MUJANOVIĆ: VICTORY OF MILORAD DODIK’S POLICY OVER POLICY OF SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF BOSNIAK POLITICIANS

SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 4 /SRNA/ - Since Donald Trump came to power in the United States, Milorad Dodik's policy has been a major victory over that of several generations of Bosniak politicians, which has not advanced beyond the cantonal level, said Bosniak political analyst in the U.S., Jasmin Mujanović.

Mujanović assessed that this is a generational problem of the Bosniak political class, which does not understand the real world and seems to live in a parallel universe.

"While they are dealing with minor issues, such as appointments, Milorad Dodik and Dragan Čović are focused on Russia, China, the West, and all other relevant international partners to achieve their ideological and program objectives," said Mujanović.

According to him, both Dodik and Čović work in a programmatic and systematic manner, while the political class in Sarajevo is so far from that that it cannot even articulate any problem.

“It is simply impossible to imagine Bosniak politicians, even if they wanted to and somehow managed to engage in systematic diplomacy, being in a room with American or European officials and, when asked the simple question ‘What do you want?’, able to answer within 10 to 30 seconds,” said Mujanović.

He said that Bosniak politicians have absolutely no answer, unlike Dodik and Čović, who can explain within 10 seconds what they want, why it matters to them, and why it is in the interest of the U.S. or the EU.

“I don’t see anyone in political Sarajevo having any political program that clearly articulates what they want and how, with deadlines for completion, the components and dimensions of that program, and what or with whom they are willing to bargain.

All I see is Dodik and Čović setting the political agenda. I have a clear picture of what the SNSD and the HDZ want. They have clear positions, but what the Troika or the SDA wants is an absolute mystery. We are in conceptual darkness when it comes to politics in Sarajevo, and that’s why there’s no hope they can engage in serious discussions with partners in Washington or Brussels,” Mujanović told Hyatt TV.

He says that even today, when it is certain that Christian Schmidt is leaving, Dodik already knows what comes after Schmidt; he has a program, a policy, while political Sarajevo has nothing.

"We hear 15 completely contradictory positions, not only about the OHR and Schmidt, but in general. We don’t know what Bosniak politicians want, nor what their policy is,” Mujanović concluded.