It is obvious that something has changed for the better in Montenegro, which is also evident in the slight improvement in war crimes cases, said the head of the Bosniak Party (BS) parliamentary group, Amer Smailović.
A BS statement published on the party's website states that the exhumation of the remains of three people was carried out in Nikšić, and that there is a reasonable suspicion that the remains belong to members of the Klapuh family.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography announced yesterday that the exhumation of the remains of three people was carried out in Nikšić, and that there is a reasonable suspicion that the remains belong to members of the Klapuh family.
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"Hasan Klapuh, his wife Ferida and daughter Sena were killed in Plužine on July 6, 1992, by four members of the 'Dragan Nikolić' detachment of the Army of Republika Srpska. For this murder, qualified as a war crime against the civilian population, Janko Janjić, Radomir Kovač, Zoran Simović and Zoran Vuković were sentenced in Montenegro to 20 years in prison," the BS statement said.
The party said that the exhumation was ordered by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography, headed by Damir Gutić.
"This event is an indication that justice is slow, but still achievable. After 32 years of waiting and searching, the possibility finally arose that the remains of the Klapuh family members, who were killed in 1992 near Pluzine, would be found," the BS statement reads.
Smailović said that war crimes do not have a statute of limitations, and that the BS will insist on shedding light on all war crimes committed on the territory of Montenegro and on fair verdicts for the perpetrators.
The BS said that this and other crimes against Bosniaks on the territory of Montenegro have always existed, somewhere far away, buried by attempts to mask the real, painful past for humanity.
"However, so far, they have not been worthy of anyone's attention, nor have the tears of the victims' families been significant to anyone. Unfortunately, this is not the real Montenegro, democratic, civil and equal for all. The Bosniak Party is the only authentic representative of Bosniaks in Montenegro and it proves this every day, more and more. Both in its program and in its current activities, the Bosniak Party advocates for achieving justice and shedding light on war crimes in all fields," the BS statement reads.
Smailović said that Montenegro must find the strength to face what happened in the 1990s.
"So that these events can finally be characterized by their true names. May the souls of those killed rest in peace. Their families deserve the truth. And this state owes responsibility," said Smailović.
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