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The conflict between Izetbegović and Zvizdić

The storm continues within the Party of Democratic Action

Izetbegović and Zvizdić. Archive

Piše: M. AŠČIĆ

Leader of Party of Democratic Action and vice-chairman of the House of Peoples of Parlimentary Assembly of B&H Bakir Izetbegović spoke for Channel O, among other things, about the condition set by Denis Zvizdić for his stay in the party - walkout of the individuals that were constantly bringing damage as Zvizdić said and the resignation of the SDA Sarajevo Cantonal Board. 


He didn't expect it

He said that he did not expect such an attitude from Zvizdić, that he often learned his important attitudes from the media and that he knew Zvizdić in a different light.

He made a bad assessment, and now he will have a chance to meet me. I am not a man who is given ultimatums, nor do I think that ultimatums should be given to celebrated commanders, like Mr. Fikret Prevljak. He has, after all, already offered his resignation. In general, I don't think it was a good word for someone to have to do something, because then the chances are greatly reduced. People do not like when they are commanded, they are elected. If the consequences are to be borne by those who have sinned, we will first see who they are. Then they will leave. Bakir Izetbegović will not order them, and neither will Mr. Zvizdić - Izetbegović said, and then added:

- People who have left this country in the war will not insult those who defended it. They will not order us anything, that is what I, as the president of Party of Democratic Action , guarantee them.


Latent aggression

It did not take long for Denis Zvizdić, vice-chairman of the House of Representatives of the B&H Parliamentary Assembly and vice-president of the SDA, to arrive. Last night, he responded to Izetbegović, who told him that "he is not a man who is given ultimatums".

- I watched the performance of my friend Mr. Izetbegović. That performance had a dose of nervousness, which is quite logical, all of us leaders from the very top of the SDA because of such catastrophic results in Canton Sarajevo should be both nervous and worried. That performance had a certain part of latent aggression which did not leave any effect on me, because my friend Bakir knows very well that I do not work under any pressure or blackmail, it has no effect on me - said Zvizdić for TVSA.

He pointed out that no one in the SDA should be surprised by his statements that the leadership of the SDA Cantonal Board should resign.

- Mr. Izetbegović did not give me anything. It was given to me by the SDA, which nominated me for certain positions, and I returned it to the SDA in an efficient way, with a large number of votes - Zvizdić pointed out.

He also commented on Izetbegović's sentence that "people who left this country in the war will not insult those who defended it".

- During the war, although I am reluctant to talk about it, unlike those who were guarded and preserved, I performed my activity, I was deployed in Sarajevo. At the end of 1993, I was severely wounded. At the beginning of 1994, I had an unsuccessful operation at the General Hospital, which did not have the necessary equipment at the time. I did not leave B&H, I was transferred to additional, numerous operations in Germany. What I went through, I would not wish even the worst enemy - concluded Zvizdić.


Osmanović: Concrete moves

Adil Osmanović, SDA vice president and head of the Club of Representatives of this party in the House of Representatives of the B&H Parliament, commenting on the party's poor election results in the local elections, but also the resignations of some members, told Avaz yesterday that the Presidency's response is to withdraw the final concrete moves.

Commenting on Zvizdić's statement that his condition to remain in the party is that the individuals who cause the damage resign - he said that he comes from Canton Sarajevo and certainly knows the situation well.

- But, it was clearly stated at the Collegium that the SDA must respond to certain scandals that happened in a short period of time and that there is no escape from responsibility - says Osmanović.