Political analyst Jasmin Mujanović has sharply criticized Serbia’s decision to bury former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić with the country’s highest state honors, arguing that the move exposes what he described as the “true face” of President Aleksandar Vučić’s regime.
Mujanović reacted after Serbia’s Justice Minister announced that Mladić, who died in The Hague while serving a life sentence, would be buried in Serbia with the highest state honors.
“It is good that the Serbian government is doing this, so that everyone can finally see the true, monstrous face of Vučić’s regime,” Mujanović wrote on X.
Mladić, the former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska, was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
His conviction for genocide in Srebrenica, as well as other crimes committed during the Bosnian War, was upheld on appeal in 2021. He died in a UN detention facility in The Hague at the age of 84.
The reported decision to accord him state honors is likely to further intensify debate over Serbia’s approach to the legacy of the Bosnian war and the treatment of convicted war criminals.
