Radončić: The authorities are playing ping-pong with vaccines, and people are dying
There was an incredible tension among Bosniaks against prosecutor Tadić due to the fact that the State Prosecutor's Office dared to have trial in the Respirators scandal
Telering
Fahrudin Radončić, president of the Alliance for a Better Future (SBB), was a guest last night on the show "Telering" hosted by famous B&H journalist Mate Đaković.
In an interesting interview, Radončić answered the most intriguing political questions.
Radončić talked about the boycott of the elections in Srebrenica, the political destinies of the SDA, SNSD and HDZ, false political friendships with Biden, the formation of a large opposition bloc, who is testing whom, the role of the President of the Court of B&H and the Prosecutor's Office, Memić and Dragičević cases, election fraud in Mostar, the change of the FB&H Government, the responsibility that the FB&H is the only area in Europe without a single dose of vaccine, the candidacy of Zvizdić and others for the Presidency of B&H, the self-isolation of Bosniak politics in the region and the world, the right of citizens to change the government which is in power for decades...
We are second in Europe in the number of deaths from COVID 19
Radončić emphasized that the dissatisfaction of the citizens is extremely great and that it is actually justified.
- Take for an example, we are now the only part, especially I am talking about the Federation of B&H, in the Europe that does not have any vaccine. And you have our neighbors in Croatia, which, as a member of the European Union, are successfully resolving this, not to mention Serbia, which is second in Europe in the number of vaccinated and fourth in the world. There are four types of vaccines and millions of their citizens can choose which vaccine they want, and the citizens of the Federation do not know whether it will be May or June, and then ping-pong takes place here.
The Federation says it should be done by the Council of Ministers, the Council of Ministers says it should be done by the entity governments and you have, of course, great negligence, people are dying. We are second in Europe in terms of the number of dead and tenth in the world. These are infamous records and proof that this government does not care about the lives of its citizens - said Radončić.
When asked by the show host, about what government he is talking about, Radončić answered specifically.
- You have SNSD, HDZ and SDA at the level of B&H, in the Federation it is SDA, they have their prime minister. They have all the levers, they could procure the respirators at terribly high prices from some small, non-existent companies, such as the company "Srebrna malina", and you can't get vaccines from Pfizer or someone else. They, as the Council of Ministers or the entity government, had to support the procurements made by Serbia and Croatia and other countries and to enable their citizens to have their own vaccines. And not that it is more important to them what the situation is in the judiciary, the Intelligence Service, whether it will be, who is the director of the police is, how you will manage the people, from the problem that how the nation will survive the pandemic which is a planetary problem.
And when you add to all of that the social aspects of the crisis in B&H, the lack of vision, the lack of economic projects, the lack of anything serious to be built in this country, then the dissatisfaction of the citizens is completely justified - said Radončić.
SBB will exclude Kljako in Mostar, Izetbegović should do the same with Marić
Speaking about the elections in Mostar, Radončić said that he would expel Anela Kljaka, the head of the City Board of SBB Mostar, from SBB for stealing votes.
- They stole from each other, but they also stole from individual lists. We will exclude this man, one man from SBB that stole the votes from his colleagues, along with his friend from SDA. But I will also ask Mr. Izetbegović to expel Marić (Salem, author's remark), because they did it together, said Radončić.
Commenting on the work of the Office for the Fight Against Corruption in Sarajevo Canton, the president of SBB said that both judicial and political message of the United States of America was being sent through the arrival of Eric Larson.
- Not only is a judicial message sent through his arrival, but also a political message from the United States government that they care about dealing primarily with systemic corruption here, and I think that things are going forward and are starting to work well.
It is paradoxical that the President of the Court of B&H does not report property
You see, they have already filed indictments, criminal charges against two of the three mayors who are not currently in positions in Sarajevo, because they did not report their property when they ran for the position. One standard is being established, and that standard must be raised to a higher level than the cantonal one. That message is very good.
You have a paradox, I will tell you openly, that the President of the Court of B&H hides his property status, does not report his property. He even has two identities and citizenship that he did not report when he ran for President of the Court. He hid more property than one of those mayors who now has an indictment for it and, normally, no one mentions it. There cannot be one country with two different standards. Political and professional and criminal responsibilities, if any, must be borne. I will not prejudge anyone's guilt due to the fact that someone did not report property, it may not be a crime, so let the Court determine it on the basis of charges filed against these mayors, but it is certainly that you cannot be a judge, you must be a moral Sorbonne for the rest of the community and for us politicians, businessmen, journalists. If he does that, then it’s all pointless. I think that the fight against corruption and the help of foreigners are what goes with each other and that it can help B&H a lot - Radončić emphasized.
Everyone is asking for "big fishes" to be prosecuted, and when prosecutor Tadić initiates that, then there is a chase against her
The president of SBB also commented on the attacks on the Prosecutor's Office of B&H.
- As the president of SBB and as the Minister of Security, I will always protect the authorities from so-called persecution. Both the Cantonal police and the Federal Police Administration should be allowed to do their job. You now have the attack on the State Prosecutor's Office. Let's analyze the situation. Not to mention the name or surname of that person, if one state prosecutor is able to initiate criminal proceedings or indictments within the institution and file two indictments against the former chief prosecutor and deputy, which will be confirmed in court, that means they first starts to settle the situation in their own home.
Here, an incredible tension arose among Bosniaks against Prosecutor Tadić due to the fact that the State Prosecutor's Office dared to have trial in the Respirators affair. Someone was involved in crime in the most dramatic moment in this country. These respirators can now be verified by 50 experts, I saw it yesterday, as they are correct respirators, and when you look at the certificate, they are again mobile respirators, not those that can be used in a serious medical way in intensive care.
If the State Prosecutor's Office does not have a complex to prosecute because of the head of the Intelligence Service, because you forged a diploma, because you misused your resources, why would I be against such a Prosecutor's Office? If we say there are no untouchables, why would you blame the prosecutor for that, and everyone wants some big fishes.
But if someone prosecutes the entity prime minister for buying goods, I tell you, for 10 million KM from a company called "Srebrna malina" that has no stamp, there is no counter guarantee that the money will be returned, you must say that the State Prosecutor's Office should work your job.
You see, if the Prosecution ruled against anyone, it was against me, but you can't live now on "you can't touch Bosniaks."
Politics is involved in destroying evidence in the Memić case
When asked by the show host Đaković whether resolving the cases of Memić and Dragičević can improve the image of judiciary in B&H, Radončić said that the State Prosecutor's Office, as well as the Court of B&H, should be the points that restore citizens' trust in the legal system.
- Even when the lower instances, the cantonal prosecutor's office or the entity, or the cantonal court, the municipal court, or the entity one makes obvious mistakes, everyone looks at the Court of B&H and the Prosecutor's Office. What the Prosecution has done and ordered a month's detention for two people in the Memić case is slowly showing the multidimensional problem behind the murder.
The findings of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H, and the lawyer, and the family of the murdered boy show that the politics is involved in destroying evidence. Now, the mentors of the whole case are unknowingly revealing themselves through the ordered texts in the press, because the whole blow is on the State Prosecutor's Office, why are they dealing with the Memić case? And who will deal if they won't, for what reason.
It is obvious that the structures that protected the killer or murderers are deeply involved in judiciary and politics and that the Prosecutor's Office of B&H can only lead to justice, under one condition – that the Court of B&H is not a court of the Intelligence Service or one person in that service, but that it is a court of citizens of the state of B&H in such a way that it will treat what the Prosecutor's Office of B&H in discovering the Memić case in the most professional way. Even if the Prosecutor's Office requests custody for someone, and is looking for him and it is on the trail to solve the case, that there is no obstruction of the Court of B&H, that is, individuals, to be more precise, the leading man, who trivializes these things.
Do you see how many people are defending themselves from freedom? I did not have that privilege. Let them defend themselves from freedom, but you cannot let people who participated in the murder, or there are serious indications that they participated in the murder, defend themselves from freedom, and that has never been the case before. In that sense, the State Prosecutor's Office has huge support from the family, but I tell you it also has huge public support in B&H. The same thing is with the Dragičević case from the Republic of Srpska, and in that sense I really expect that the State Prosecutor's Office will bring both cases to an end, if there is no obstruction of the first man of the Court of B&H - said Radončić.
How Biden removed Silajdžić and praised Tihić
The president of SBB also answered what expectations he has from the new US administration headed by President Joe Biden.
- I expect that with the new US administration and with small European corrections, we will have better international miles. But the essence is that there will be no change if the citizens do not fight for it.
President Biden knows B&H very well. Here, a race was especially created among Bosniaks to present to the public who is a better friend with him. However, we all forget that Biden, when he was the second man after Obama, came to Sarajevo. I remember that very well because he slept in the Radon Plaza Hotel, gave his famous speech in the Parliament and practically removed Mr. Silajdžić from the political scene, who blocked the April package, and said: "You in B&H should vote for politicians" , pronounced his name directly, "what kind of Mr. Sulejman Tihić is". And he marked Mr. Tihić as an SDA reformer.
Now Mr. Biden can see Bosnia and Herzegovina and find it where he left it, and that nationalist and national policies are dominant and that those who are most often called to have been friends with Biden are in fact deceiving the public the most.
There is no friendship here, there is something called US interest. Fortunately, this interest is compatible with the interest of B&H citizens. You have Huawei now, why is Bosniak politics pushing Huawei to do business with our "Telecom"? Why would China know, which is known as an authoritarian system, every piece of information about me, you, our connections? Our interests and the interests of the US Government are the same here. In that sense, I expect that we will have participation in new ideas, new personalities, personalities of compromise in the region, and not in conflict policies that have kept the country in the same place for decades - said Radončić.
Joining the opposition is an inevitable thing
Radončić also commented on relations with the Four, ie whether it is possible to unite the opposition.
- Joining the opposition is an inevitable thing, if we want to change the system in FB&H, and I mean Bosniaks, who for 25 years made Bosniaks a self-isolated or isolated political people, made us one of the poorest, and perhaps the poorest part of Europe, we are completely isolated in regional, international communications, there are no serious development projects, people are leaving us en masse, we do not know how to deal with the migrant crisis and difficult other temptations.
I think it is time, especially after the events in the region, for one government that is 30 years, let's say 25, and in a year it will be 27 years in power, to show the citizens that changeability of government is possible legally and legitimately through fair elections and for the SDA to go into opposition. I think that a critical mass has been created even within that party, not to mention outside, when it comes to the Four, SBB, etc., that it should happen because we really should not be the last feudal point in the heart of Europe.
In that sense, the appearance of the Four is very good, we are not part of that story. There you have these tiny inter-party skirmishes now and that story has two sides. I have very correct relations with Mr. Nikšić, Kojović, Hadžibajrić, I talked to Konaković about ten days ago, we had lunch, and I think we are all aware of this previous diagnosis.
You have a charming situation in which Mr. Konaković says "We will test SBB, which helps us a lot in forming the Sarajevo government, Tuzla government and is not asking for anything", and I say "You know what guys, I'm testing you too". Well, ten years ago, when I was fighting with the SDA, when I was in custody, you were in that party. And in that sense, joke aside, I expect that the opposition, whether jointly, whether in two columns, whether in a coalition before the elections, or in a coalition after the elections, practically in the next big elections will enable change of government and a complete change of image of FB&H and Bosnia and Herzegovina - said Radončić.
I don't earn anything from politics
In the end, Radončić said that SBB is going into serious reform and that this party must live as an alternative for the sake of the citizens and B&H.
- In a personal sense, you know, I can't earn anything from politics, I can only lose as an industrialist. We will strengthen SBB. We are going to a serious reform of the party, we are going through the membership records, we are going to exclude people who have not justified the our trust, we are going to a new type of bringing people who will fight for the goals of SBB.
After all, SBB may have been one of the few parties with the SDP, which has been offering an alternative to the citizens for ten years, and that alternative must live for the citizens and for B&H, and less for Fahro Radončić - said the leader of the Alliance for a Better Future.
Radončić: The authorities are playing ping-pong with vaccines, and people are dying
There was an incredible tension among Bosniaks against prosecutor Tadić due to the fact that the State Prosecutor's Office dared to have trial in the Respirators scandal
Telering
Fahrudin Radončić, president of the Alliance for a Better Future (SBB), was a guest last night on the show "Telering" hosted by famous B&H journalist Mate Đaković.
In an interesting interview, Radončić answered the most intriguing political questions.
Radončić talked about the boycott of the elections in Srebrenica, the political destinies of the SDA, SNSD and HDZ, false political friendships with Biden, the formation of a large opposition bloc, who is testing whom, the role of the President of the Court of B&H and the Prosecutor's Office, Memić and Dragičević cases, election fraud in Mostar, the change of the FB&H Government, the responsibility that the FB&H is the only area in Europe without a single dose of vaccine, the candidacy of Zvizdić and others for the Presidency of B&H, the self-isolation of Bosniak politics in the region and the world, the right of citizens to change the government which is in power for decades...
We are second in Europe in the number of deaths from COVID 19
Radončić emphasized that the dissatisfaction of the citizens is extremely great and that it is actually justified.
- Take for an example, we are now the only part, especially I am talking about the Federation of B&H, in the Europe that does not have any vaccine. And you have our neighbors in Croatia, which, as a member of the European Union, are successfully resolving this, not to mention Serbia, which is second in Europe in the number of vaccinated and fourth in the world. There are four types of vaccines and millions of their citizens can choose which vaccine they want, and the citizens of the Federation do not know whether it will be May or June, and then ping-pong takes place here.
The Federation says it should be done by the Council of Ministers, the Council of Ministers says it should be done by the entity governments and you have, of course, great negligence, people are dying. We are second in Europe in terms of the number of dead and tenth in the world. These are infamous records and proof that this government does not care about the lives of its citizens - said Radončić.
When asked by the show host, about what government he is talking about, Radončić answered specifically.
- You have SNSD, HDZ and SDA at the level of B&H, in the Federation it is SDA, they have their prime minister. They have all the levers, they could procure the respirators at terribly high prices from some small, non-existent companies, such as the company "Srebrna malina", and you can't get vaccines from Pfizer or someone else. They, as the Council of Ministers or the entity government, had to support the procurements made by Serbia and Croatia and other countries and to enable their citizens to have their own vaccines. And not that it is more important to them what the situation is in the judiciary, the Intelligence Service, whether it will be, who is the director of the police is, how you will manage the people, from the problem that how the nation will survive the pandemic which is a planetary problem.
And when you add to all of that the social aspects of the crisis in B&H, the lack of vision, the lack of economic projects, the lack of anything serious to be built in this country, then the dissatisfaction of the citizens is completely justified - said Radončić.
SBB will exclude Kljako in Mostar, Izetbegović should do the same with Marić
Speaking about the elections in Mostar, Radončić said that he would expel Anela Kljaka, the head of the City Board of SBB Mostar, from SBB for stealing votes.
- They stole from each other, but they also stole from individual lists. We will exclude this man, one man from SBB that stole the votes from his colleagues, along with his friend from SDA. But I will also ask Mr. Izetbegović to expel Marić (Salem, author's remark), because they did it together, said Radončić.
Commenting on the work of the Office for the Fight Against Corruption in Sarajevo Canton, the president of SBB said that both judicial and political message of the United States of America was being sent through the arrival of Eric Larson.
- Not only is a judicial message sent through his arrival, but also a political message from the United States government that they care about dealing primarily with systemic corruption here, and I think that things are going forward and are starting to work well.
It is paradoxical that the President of the Court of B&H does not report property
You see, they have already filed indictments, criminal charges against two of the three mayors who are not currently in positions in Sarajevo, because they did not report their property when they ran for the position. One standard is being established, and that standard must be raised to a higher level than the cantonal one. That message is very good.
You have a paradox, I will tell you openly, that the President of the Court of B&H hides his property status, does not report his property. He even has two identities and citizenship that he did not report when he ran for President of the Court. He hid more property than one of those mayors who now has an indictment for it and, normally, no one mentions it. There cannot be one country with two different standards. Political and professional and criminal responsibilities, if any, must be borne. I will not prejudge anyone's guilt due to the fact that someone did not report property, it may not be a crime, so let the Court determine it on the basis of charges filed against these mayors, but it is certainly that you cannot be a judge, you must be a moral Sorbonne for the rest of the community and for us politicians, businessmen, journalists. If he does that, then it’s all pointless. I think that the fight against corruption and the help of foreigners are what goes with each other and that it can help B&H a lot - Radončić emphasized.
Everyone is asking for "big fishes" to be prosecuted, and when prosecutor Tadić initiates that, then there is a chase against her
The president of SBB also commented on the attacks on the Prosecutor's Office of B&H.
- As the president of SBB and as the Minister of Security, I will always protect the authorities from so-called persecution. Both the Cantonal police and the Federal Police Administration should be allowed to do their job. You now have the attack on the State Prosecutor's Office. Let's analyze the situation. Not to mention the name or surname of that person, if one state prosecutor is able to initiate criminal proceedings or indictments within the institution and file two indictments against the former chief prosecutor and deputy, which will be confirmed in court, that means they first starts to settle the situation in their own home.
Here, an incredible tension arose among Bosniaks against Prosecutor Tadić due to the fact that the State Prosecutor's Office dared to have trial in the Respirators affair. Someone was involved in crime in the most dramatic moment in this country. These respirators can now be verified by 50 experts, I saw it yesterday, as they are correct respirators, and when you look at the certificate, they are again mobile respirators, not those that can be used in a serious medical way in intensive care.
If the State Prosecutor's Office does not have a complex to prosecute because of the head of the Intelligence Service, because you forged a diploma, because you misused your resources, why would I be against such a Prosecutor's Office? If we say there are no untouchables, why would you blame the prosecutor for that, and everyone wants some big fishes.
But if someone prosecutes the entity prime minister for buying goods, I tell you, for 10 million KM from a company called "Srebrna malina" that has no stamp, there is no counter guarantee that the money will be returned, you must say that the State Prosecutor's Office should work your job.
You see, if the Prosecution ruled against anyone, it was against me, but you can't live now on "you can't touch Bosniaks."
Politics is involved in destroying evidence in the Memić case
When asked by the show host Đaković whether resolving the cases of Memić and Dragičević can improve the image of judiciary in B&H, Radončić said that the State Prosecutor's Office, as well as the Court of B&H, should be the points that restore citizens' trust in the legal system.
- Even when the lower instances, the cantonal prosecutor's office or the entity, or the cantonal court, the municipal court, or the entity one makes obvious mistakes, everyone looks at the Court of B&H and the Prosecutor's Office. What the Prosecution has done and ordered a month's detention for two people in the Memić case is slowly showing the multidimensional problem behind the murder.
The findings of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H, and the lawyer, and the family of the murdered boy show that the politics is involved in destroying evidence. Now, the mentors of the whole case are unknowingly revealing themselves through the ordered texts in the press, because the whole blow is on the State Prosecutor's Office, why are they dealing with the Memić case? And who will deal if they won't, for what reason.
It is obvious that the structures that protected the killer or murderers are deeply involved in judiciary and politics and that the Prosecutor's Office of B&H can only lead to justice, under one condition – that the Court of B&H is not a court of the Intelligence Service or one person in that service, but that it is a court of citizens of the state of B&H in such a way that it will treat what the Prosecutor's Office of B&H in discovering the Memić case in the most professional way. Even if the Prosecutor's Office requests custody for someone, and is looking for him and it is on the trail to solve the case, that there is no obstruction of the Court of B&H, that is, individuals, to be more precise, the leading man, who trivializes these things.
Do you see how many people are defending themselves from freedom? I did not have that privilege. Let them defend themselves from freedom, but you cannot let people who participated in the murder, or there are serious indications that they participated in the murder, defend themselves from freedom, and that has never been the case before. In that sense, the State Prosecutor's Office has huge support from the family, but I tell you it also has huge public support in B&H. The same thing is with the Dragičević case from the Republic of Srpska, and in that sense I really expect that the State Prosecutor's Office will bring both cases to an end, if there is no obstruction of the first man of the Court of B&H - said Radončić.
How Biden removed Silajdžić and praised Tihić
The president of SBB also answered what expectations he has from the new US administration headed by President Joe Biden.
- I expect that with the new US administration and with small European corrections, we will have better international miles. But the essence is that there will be no change if the citizens do not fight for it.
President Biden knows B&H very well. Here, a race was especially created among Bosniaks to present to the public who is a better friend with him. However, we all forget that Biden, when he was the second man after Obama, came to Sarajevo. I remember that very well because he slept in the Radon Plaza Hotel, gave his famous speech in the Parliament and practically removed Mr. Silajdžić from the political scene, who blocked the April package, and said: "You in B&H should vote for politicians" , pronounced his name directly, "what kind of Mr. Sulejman Tihić is". And he marked Mr. Tihić as an SDA reformer.
Now Mr. Biden can see Bosnia and Herzegovina and find it where he left it, and that nationalist and national policies are dominant and that those who are most often called to have been friends with Biden are in fact deceiving the public the most.
There is no friendship here, there is something called US interest. Fortunately, this interest is compatible with the interest of B&H citizens. You have Huawei now, why is Bosniak politics pushing Huawei to do business with our "Telecom"? Why would China know, which is known as an authoritarian system, every piece of information about me, you, our connections? Our interests and the interests of the US Government are the same here. In that sense, I expect that we will have participation in new ideas, new personalities, personalities of compromise in the region, and not in conflict policies that have kept the country in the same place for decades - said Radončić.
Joining the opposition is an inevitable thing
Radončić also commented on relations with the Four, ie whether it is possible to unite the opposition.
- Joining the opposition is an inevitable thing, if we want to change the system in FB&H, and I mean Bosniaks, who for 25 years made Bosniaks a self-isolated or isolated political people, made us one of the poorest, and perhaps the poorest part of Europe, we are completely isolated in regional, international communications, there are no serious development projects, people are leaving us en masse, we do not know how to deal with the migrant crisis and difficult other temptations.
I think it is time, especially after the events in the region, for one government that is 30 years, let's say 25, and in a year it will be 27 years in power, to show the citizens that changeability of government is possible legally and legitimately through fair elections and for the SDA to go into opposition. I think that a critical mass has been created even within that party, not to mention outside, when it comes to the Four, SBB, etc., that it should happen because we really should not be the last feudal point in the heart of Europe.
In that sense, the appearance of the Four is very good, we are not part of that story. There you have these tiny inter-party skirmishes now and that story has two sides. I have very correct relations with Mr. Nikšić, Kojović, Hadžibajrić, I talked to Konaković about ten days ago, we had lunch, and I think we are all aware of this previous diagnosis.
You have a charming situation in which Mr. Konaković says "We will test SBB, which helps us a lot in forming the Sarajevo government, Tuzla government and is not asking for anything", and I say "You know what guys, I'm testing you too". Well, ten years ago, when I was fighting with the SDA, when I was in custody, you were in that party. And in that sense, joke aside, I expect that the opposition, whether jointly, whether in two columns, whether in a coalition before the elections, or in a coalition after the elections, practically in the next big elections will enable change of government and a complete change of image of FB&H and Bosnia and Herzegovina - said Radončić.
I don't earn anything from politics
In the end, Radončić said that SBB is going into serious reform and that this party must live as an alternative for the sake of the citizens and B&H.
- In a personal sense, you know, I can't earn anything from politics, I can only lose as an industrialist. We will strengthen SBB. We are going to a serious reform of the party, we are going through the membership records, we are going to exclude people who have not justified the our trust, we are going to a new type of bringing people who will fight for the goals of SBB.
After all, SBB may have been one of the few parties with the SDP, which has been offering an alternative to the citizens for ten years, and that alternative must live for the citizens and for B&H, and less for Fahro Radončić - said the leader of the Alliance for a Better Future.
