PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BIH HALTED INVESTIGATION AGAINST IZETBEGOVIĆ, SULJAGIĆ, AND BAJROVIĆ

SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 23 (ONASA) – The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an order suspending the investigation against Bakir Izetbegović, Reuf Bajrović and Emir Suljagić, who were reported by Slaven Raguž for inciting national, racial and religious hatred in August 2022.
The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH states that the investigation was suspended due to insufficient evidence that the reported statements incite violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of a group determined with regard to race, skin color, religion, origin or national or ethnic affiliation, in the specific case in relation to members of the Croatian nation.
A year ago, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) heard Raguž on the basis of his report, and a little over a year later, reports were also heard.
“Do you remember when Bakir counted the hunters, Reuf threatened ‘the best-armed people in the world’, and Emir spoke of ‘the full cemeteries of those who threatened Bosnia’?” wrote Raguž before giving a statement at SIPA last year .
One report states that on April 16, 2022, during an iftar and gathering organized by the SDA Municipal Committee in Hadžići, Bakir Izetbegović stated that the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina “was a heroic army that did not commit crimes”.
In the second application, which refers to Bakir Izetbegović, Reuf Bajrović and Emir Suljagić, statements are made regarding the announcement of the intervention of the High Representative in the Election Law of BiH, which would allegedly amend this Law in accordance with the decision of the Constitutional Court in the Ljubić Case. (end)