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[00:00:24] Good afternoon, you are watching Live Day. Lana Pudar has qualified for the semi-finals
[00:00:28] in the 100m butterfly at the European Championship, but she and her team
[00:00:32] our attempt to have devised a strategy. She is withdrawing from tonight's race
[00:00:35] to conserve energy for her signature event (200m
[00:00:38] butterfly). It is the eighth day of hell in Konjic, fires
[00:00:42] are raging, wind is spreading them, the terrain is inaccessible.
[00:00:45] Firefighters are at their limit, vehicles are breaking down, a helicopter
[00:00:49] of the BiH Armed Forces is on the ground, and the city is asking for
[00:00:52] we had a city council session, at international assistance. Firefighters from the Canton of Sarajevo
[00:00:55] are arriving, as are firefighters in Jablanica, Mostar
[00:00:59] citizens of Mostar in the future. We forget that and Stolac. The Director... of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, Emir
[00:01:01] Suljagić, has filed a criminal complaint against the State Minister of Finance,
[00:01:05] Srđan Amidžić, the reason being the ignoring of decisions by the High
[00:01:08] Representative and the conscious blocking of funds for the Genocide Research
[00:01:12] Department. These are the key topics of the day, here's what you can follow
[00:01:16] in today's
[00:01:17] Live Day.
[00:01:20] Nova željeza Zenica is going into bankruptcy. What does this mean for the workers,
[00:01:23] but also for the entire industry in the Federation of BiH and the state, are we facing
[00:01:27] a complete collapse or is there an opportunity for recovery? We analyze all of this
[00:01:31] in today's edition of Live
[00:01:32] Day.
[00:01:35] On that very occasion, we have a guest, metallurgy engineer Dina
[00:01:39] Dogdiberović. We also analyze what the bankruptcy of Nova željeza Zenica
[00:01:42] practically means for workers on the brink of existence. Is it about
[00:01:46] saving the industry or the final collapse of a former
[00:01:49] giant? Edina, as an activist of the clean air association,
[00:01:53] will speak about the high pollution index
[00:01:56] is simply something impossible that in Kakanj, which is present even in summer, as well as
[00:01:58] the import of waste from the European Union that is being destroyed in Bosnia and
[00:02:02] Herzegovina.
[00:02:06] We will also talk about the general elections, constitutional blockades, and burning
[00:02:09] issues in Mostar. Can the opposition threaten the long-standing
[00:02:12] rule of HDZ, BiH, how do they comment on new messages from Croatia about
[00:02:16] the third electoral unit? We also ask whether Mostar's public utility
[00:02:20] companies and the Uborak landfill have once again fallen victim
[00:02:23] to party and national divisions. Our guest is Slaven
[00:02:27] Bevanda, Vice President Secretary of the Croatian Republican Party and
[00:02:30] city councilor in the City Council
[00:02:32] of Mostar.
[00:02:36] We are also analyzing the political turmoil in Krajina and the appointment of the new government
[00:02:40] of the Una-Sana Canton, headed by Ibrahim Dizdarić from
[00:02:43] Pomak, as well as electoral alliances, what is hidden behind
[00:02:46] the formation of a new majority, why did Pomak decide to support Semir
[00:02:50] Efendić in the race for a member of the BiH Presidency, how
[00:02:53] do they respond to the harsh accusations of the SDP, how does he evaluate the summer
[00:02:57] season in Bihać, we ask Elvedin.
[00:03:00] The Mayor of Bihać and the President
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[00:03:27] Dodik's rehabilitation. The Federation government
[00:03:31] of BiH announced that the workers of Nova željezara Zenica will not be left to themselves,
[00:03:36] Elmedin Konaković. How do you view and Mar Dedić is one step away from a career transfer, what is it about, check it out on our web
[00:03:40] portal, also Marjanović, director
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[00:03:47] siege became the leading film event in Southeast
[00:03:50] Europe. The Canton of Sarajevo government approved the engagement
[00:03:54] of Sarajevo firefighters in extinguishing fires in the Konjic
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[00:04:22] It is the eighth day since in the area of the city of Konjic, in the villages of Kanjina,
[00:04:26] Živašnica, Brđani, Džepi, and Džepska Planina, a fire
[00:04:30] broke out which is still not under control. As announced by
[00:04:33] the operational center of civil protection of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton,
[00:04:37] the fire has a tendency to spread, which is favored by high temperatures and
[00:04:40] wind. The terrain is mostly inaccessible for ground extinguishing,
[00:04:44] which prevents the spread of the fire. And today, from
[00:04:48] the early morning hours, a helicopter
[00:04:51] rulings that point to of the BiH Armed Forces continues its activities in extinguishing the fire in the area of the city of Konjic. From
[00:04:54] the city administration, an official request for international assistance
[00:04:59] and implementation of the adaptation plan at in aerial firefighting was sent, and civil protection warns that firefighters and personnel are at their
[00:05:02] limit, and during demanding interventions, several vehicles suffered
[00:05:07] work actually when it comes to breakdowns, tire blowouts, brake failures, and water pump failures.
[00:05:11] Fires were also recorded in the areas of Jablanica, Mostar, and
[00:05:14] Stolac.
[00:05:16] Currently, the situation at the fire site, meaning
[00:05:20] the fire is still active, mm, we have
[00:05:23] mm, meaning
[00:05:25] that the fire is spreading, there are
[00:05:29] high temperatures on the ground, the spread is fueled by strong wind,
[00:05:33] mm, today's focus is to prioritize trying to prevent
[00:05:37] the spread of the fire in the direction from Dževska Planina towards Brđani,
[00:05:40] which is spreading. This is
[00:05:45] try to localize that direction, and this morning we had the action
[00:05:48] of helicopters of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was active from
[00:05:52] 7:10 AM to 9:20
[00:05:55] AM, it made five
[00:05:58] passes.
[00:06:06] And it's time for our first guest, we're talking about general
[00:06:09] elections, constitutional blockades, and burning issues in Mostar. Our guest
[00:06:13] is Slaven Bevanda, Vice President of the Croatian Republican Party,
[00:06:17] General Secretary of this party, and a city councilor in the City Council
[00:06:21] of Mostar. Good day to you and welcome
[00:06:28] these state topics, general elections are coming up,
[00:06:31] HRS supports Zdenko Lučić. Do you
[00:06:34] think that the opposition has the capacity to
[00:06:37] replace the long-standing rule of HDZ Bosnia and
[00:06:40] Herzegovina, is it possible at all
[00:06:44] to replace HDZ Bosnia and Herzegovina, and do you again believe that
[00:06:47] the problem when it comes to votes can be caused by the candidacy
[00:06:51] of Slaven Kovačević? Well, look, we are in the process of a ban
[00:06:54] on political activity, you must
[00:06:57] understand that situation, I must remain partially reserved with this
[00:07:01] answer, for the reason that HRS is currently
[00:07:04] the second most punished party by
[00:07:07] the Central Election Commission, meaning that a lot
[00:07:11] more is measured for us than for others, you know,
[00:07:14] some benign posts on portals that were, that were, caused
[00:07:18] fines from CIK, we are in the process of appeal proceedings both before the court and
[00:07:22] before the Constitutional Court, what I want to say in the context of general elections,
[00:07:26] it is still a, as some like to say, festival of democracy, but
[00:07:30] this time, this time, this time I hope it will be the first truly
[00:07:33] fair elections thanks to election technologies, for which
[00:07:37] all of us from the opposition parties fought
[00:07:40] hard, we expect that the citizens will have
[00:07:43] for the first time a government as they
[00:07:46] chose in the elections, that their vote will represent their
[00:07:50] true will, so you expect that the new election
[00:07:53] technologies will bear fruit, well, also the contacts we have with
[00:07:57] the Central Election Commission and the advertising
[00:08:01] campaign of CIK that starts today, meaning we expect and hope that
[00:08:05] election technologies will be applied in the elections in October
[00:08:08] and we expect for the first time that we will
[00:08:12] know the election results on election night and not wait for
[00:08:22] has been caused by renewed statements from the Croatian Foreign Minister, Gordan
[00:08:26] Grlić Radman, he spoke again about the necessity
[00:08:29] of forming a third electoral unit in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:08:32] saying that it would not actually lead to
[00:08:35] the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, however, we immediately saw sharp
[00:08:38] reactions from the member of the Presidency
[00:08:42] Denica. Ćirović and candidate Slaven Kovačević, as well
[00:08:45] as the BiH Foreign Minister
[00:08:49] that, those statements, and the responses that followed? Well,
[00:08:52] look, it sits. Well, I will state my opinion,
[00:08:56] I personally think that it is high time that such initiatives
[00:08:59] should stop coming, specifically from Zagreb regarding the introduction
[00:09:03] of electoral units. Personally, I believe that such initiatives
[00:09:07] for similar initiatives should come from Sarajevo. Because I think that
[00:09:11] the question of Croatian equal rights can only be resolved through internal consensus
[00:09:14] in the Federation, and I think that a turnaround in
[00:09:18] Bosniak politics, majority Bosniak politics, is necessary, and
[00:09:21] eventually, it would represent a historic
[00:09:25] step forward in resolving accumulated
[00:09:28] problems, stabilizing the Federation as a larger entity, and this would
[00:09:32] ensure the path to the European Union for both the Federation and
[00:09:35] the entire Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia would then be very
[00:09:39] helpful to us, as it would be our engine for joining the European
[00:09:42] Union for accelerated accession, negotiations, what we are not using now with these
[00:09:46] relations with Croatia is cross-border cooperation and other issues,
[00:09:50] that is the question of all complex relations that exist, but I think that
[00:09:53] a turnaround in Bosniak politics is necessary regarding this issue.
[00:09:57] There is constant talk about the necessity of amending the Election Law of Bosnia and
[00:10:00] Herzegovina, we also have
[00:10:03] this, however, constantly, even representatives from the Bosniak people
[00:10:07] and from the Croatian people say that it should be done,
[00:10:11] but we don't have concrete
[00:10:13] steps and moves, why do you think there aren't any, well, I think, I think there aren't any
[00:10:17] because the existing policies, when I say existing policies that
[00:10:20] have been in power for, let's say, the last 20 years,
[00:10:24] this... situation suits them, because in that way they feed on certain
[00:10:28] fears, so-called fears or real
[00:10:32] fears, meaning they manipulate their electorate,
[00:10:35] we have been at a standstill the whole time, I think we have been at a complete
[00:10:39] standstill since 2006.
[00:10:47] the Constitutional Court of the Federation of BiH stated in its submitted opinion that
[00:10:50] local self-government units are obliged to form local
[00:10:54] communities, as a form of local self-government.
[00:10:58] What specifically changes now with this decision in Mostar, can we
[00:11:01] now expect that the city must now enable
[00:11:05] the actual functioning of local communities, who is responsible
[00:11:08] for this not having been done so far? Well, responsible is, we are
[00:11:12] all responsible in the city, but of course those who form the political majority in the city
[00:11:16] council and who govern the city of Mostar are the most responsible, meaning in the last six years
[00:11:20] certain initiatives have been launched since we again have a city
[00:11:23] council, certain initiatives have been launched to establish
[00:11:26] local self-government, meaning we have local communities in
[00:11:30] the city of Mostar, but in these local communities local
[00:11:34] self-government is not realized, what the Law on
[00:11:37] Principles of Local Self-Government in the Federation mandates, meaning
[00:11:41] we had some small initiatives, let's say to form a new
[00:11:45] network of local communities, to organize elections for these local
[00:11:48] communities as in other local self-government units, but
[00:11:51] uh for all that we need a change of the statute, we haven't... implemented even
[00:11:55] the decision of the Constitutional Court, or rather only partially implemented the decision
[00:11:59] of the Constitutional Court regarding Mostar, and I think in the next
[00:12:02] period, besides that part of this opinion
[00:12:06] of the Constitutional Court which referred us to
[00:12:10] the necessity of implementing the statute, we have another opinion
[00:12:13] also and I think that in some next
[00:12:16] period, not before these elections, but after the elections, the time will come
[00:12:20] to seriously sit down to discuss appropriate amendments to
[00:12:24] the statute to align it with the Federation Constitution and the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And
[00:12:27] how many, well, necessary amendments to the statute? What all needs to be
[00:12:31] changed in the statute? Well, look, we have what is obligatory by the
[00:12:35] Constitutional Court to implement a part regarding the decision-making process in
[00:12:38] the central zone, that is, the use of financial
[00:12:42] resources, which is decided by councilors who are elected from
[00:12:45] urban areas. That issue remained
[00:12:49] unresolved in the decision of the Constitutional Court, and only
[00:12:52] the issue of holding elections in the city of Mostar was resolved, meaning
[00:12:56] we have a situation where we must ensure
[00:12:59] changes, changes regarding local communities,
[00:13:02] their establishment, functioning, that is, ensuring local
[00:13:06] self-government for all citizens in the city, the second part concerning
[00:13:09] the new opinion of the Constitutional Court, meaning it's an opinion, not a decision, it
[00:13:13] didn't annul certain provisions of Mostar's statute, that is
[00:13:16] for ensuring the candidacy of others, I
[00:13:20] wanted to mention that, others, others in the city, in the city
[00:13:23] of Mostar, because the current city statute of Mostar, which we must say
[00:13:26] was imposed by the High Representative then,
[00:13:30] Paddy Ashdown, did not foresee the possibility for the club
[00:13:33] of others to nominate the vice president and president of the city
[00:13:36] council, do you expect that these changes will occur, that
[00:13:40] this clause will be included, well, look, we will, we will implement those changes
[00:13:44] if we are responsible, if we have such an opinion of the Constitutional Court
[00:13:47] uh embed, such issues are resolved at certain
[00:13:51] levels of the Federation, that is, for elections, for the election of, for example...
[00:13:56] the leadership of the House of Peoples and the House of Representatives
[00:13:59] of the Federation Parliament, meaning there are models we can use to solve it, I don't see
[00:14:03] any reason why we shouldn't proceed with that solution, meaning we from HRS
[00:14:06] have full political will to resolve all these
[00:14:10] issues, you said that it's resolved when it comes to elections
[00:14:14] in the city of Mostar itself, however, does the current statute
[00:14:17] of the city become an obstacle to the normal
[00:14:20] functioning of Mostar, what would a statute that you and
[00:14:24] HRS would propose look like? Well, look, there is
[00:14:26] that statute, as we've already said, it was imposed by
[00:14:29] the administration, that is, the High Representative,
[00:14:33] he abolished the previous six municipalities and the city structure
[00:14:36] that previously existed, replacing it with a unified city administration, we
[00:14:40] then from the beginning with that statute got a unitary
[00:14:44] organization of the city, we have five departments in the city,
[00:14:48] the opinions that are appearing are that we should make
[00:14:50] a reorganization of the city administration, we believe that we
[00:14:54] should, uh, should regulate a number of issues
[00:14:57] regarding the method
[00:14:59] of appointment, receiving people, meaning, well, and fulfilling
[00:15:03] constitutional competencies, meaning everything that should be is something
[00:15:07] that necessarily requires and at all times changes in legislation at
[00:15:10] higher levels and we have an obligation to harmonize with them,
[00:15:14] but we first need to adopt this statute that was imposed by
[00:15:18] the High Representative, meaning then change it,
[00:15:21] meaning it is still with us, let's say, on a temporary basis. And
[00:15:25] what about the possible return of city municipalities, are you
[00:15:28] for that? Well, look, there is a proposal, meaning we always have some
[00:15:32] emissaries, well, specifically in this case it was Mr. Efendić who came to Sarajevo,
[00:15:35] allegedly concerned about the status of Bosniaks in the city of Mostar,
[00:15:39] and he proposed the return, the return of city municipalities, that is,
[00:15:42] a return to the situation before 2004,
[00:15:45] meaning we have situations in cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina like Sarajevo, well,
[00:15:49] specifically Sarajevo, which has a regulated issue, has city municipalities, has
[00:15:53] a city, has a city as an institution with very small
[00:15:56] powers, uh, in principle, if we are all in the majority
[00:15:59] for it, even if it's a good model, I could talk about it to see what the
[00:16:03] competencies would be, we from HRS would discuss what the competencies would be, but it would be
[00:16:07] necessary then to apply that model, if it's good for Mostar, I don't see any reason why it
[00:16:11] shouldn't be applied to other municipalities in the Federation,
[00:16:14] for example Travnik or something similar, one, one
[00:16:18] of the actually bigger problems are actually public enterprises in
[00:16:22] the city of Mostar, in recent times the most current are somehow
[00:16:25] the Uborak landfill and Komunalno, you spoke
[00:16:29] about serious suspicions regarding the work and management
[00:16:33] of Komunalno, are there certain proofs, do you actually
[00:16:36] expect that there will be... an investigation regarding the work and management of
[00:16:40] the public enterprise Komunalno in Mostar? Well, look, in the city of Mostar,
[00:16:44] in the city of Mostar we have stipulated in that statute a department
[00:16:47] for internal supervision, it was until half a year ago
[00:16:51] unfilled for six or seven years, one of the powers of that
[00:16:54] department for internal supervision was to oversee the work of these public
[00:16:58] enterprises, you know, what we
[00:17:01] are witnesses to, we are witnesses that these public enterprises, that
[00:17:05] these public enterprises in the city of Mostar for example had a fire at
[00:17:08] the landfill, at the Uborak landfill where according to initial estimates the damage
[00:17:12] is 20 million marks, we are talking about material damages, damages
[00:17:16] that occurred to the health of citizens due to that disaster are
[00:17:19] unfortunately immeasurable, they will be seen in the
[00:17:22] future, we currently have an unresolved situation with that
[00:17:25] enterprise, in the public utility enterprise we have major problems,
[00:17:29] major problems with the way it operates and is managed, we are witnesses that
[00:17:33] a series of criminal charges have been filed these
[00:17:36] last few days due to abuses in this
[00:17:38] enterprise, and at the current council session we witnessed that
[00:17:42] certain councilors accused each other that funds
[00:17:46] and resources, that is, resources or
[00:17:49] or or or equipment of that enterprise, were used for certain
[00:17:53] councilors or political officials to pave their
[00:17:56] yards, courtyards, meaning that is, that is something
[00:18:00] that would, that is something that in a normal state after such a
[00:18:03] council session where councilors, certain councilors present these
[00:18:06] information, the public would call for an interview
[00:18:10] and request information on who had
[00:18:13] something paved with city funds, or rather benefited, but there are no
[00:18:16] investigations yet, we have no information about investigations yet,
[00:18:19] it wasn't that long ago that criminal charges were filed, what we are waiting
[00:18:23] for, we are waiting for an investigation into the fire at the Uborak
[00:18:26] landfill, because there were, there were from the beginning
[00:18:29] well-founded suspicions that the fire was arson
[00:18:33] and without
[00:18:36] without... conducting a full investigation, it is difficult to draw any
[00:18:39] conclusions, if it was arson and if, look, that
[00:18:43] was an attack on the citizens of Mostar, that is the least of the questions,
[00:18:46] the least of the questions regarding the value of destroyed property, what is
[00:18:49] the value and costs that today arise in the city of Mostar
[00:18:52] regarding the organization of waste disposal,
[00:18:55] we will talk about that too, but let's just touch upon
[00:18:59] the management and operation of the public utility
[00:19:03] company itself, you spoke and said that there are two
[00:19:06] utilities under the same roof, do public
[00:19:09] enterprises in Mostar divide along national
[00:19:12] political lines, who does it, why, how long would it actually
[00:19:16] take now to start recovering the system, how long would it
[00:19:20] take primarily to uncover all these
[00:19:22] possible malversations, frauds, divisions, and only then
[00:19:26] to actually recover everything and establish it as it should be? Well, look,
[00:19:30] it is clear that these companies of ours did not function in accordance with
[00:19:33] the law, that is, the law on public companies and the law on economic
[00:19:37] companies which they are obligated to
[00:19:40] apply, we are witnesses that the managements of these companies that were
[00:19:44] appointed had a sharp division of competencies
[00:19:48] regarding, to be completely honest, regarding
[00:19:51] the implementation of the activities of these companies in certain urban
[00:19:54] areas, both with a Croatian and a Bosniak majority, meaning we
[00:19:58] don't need to hide that, it's clear to everyone, we have a situation where in certain
[00:20:02] companies "working units" were formed, I call them that,
[00:20:05] working units one and two
[00:20:08] which were essentially formed from former separate companies during the merger,
[00:20:12] so the citizens and these companies still have not fully functioned
[00:20:15] in, functioned, been in that common,
[00:20:19] common form, meaning because of that we have chaos
[00:20:22] in that management, we have been witnesses for many years
[00:20:26] and also through citizen reports, public announcements that funds, specifically
[00:20:29] machines, excavators, backhoes of these public companies
[00:20:33] not only... outside working hours, are found
[00:20:36] in private, are found in the area, are found in the area of other municipalities, people
[00:20:39] filmed them, published them, meaning huge abuses,
[00:20:43] there is huge suspicion of abuses, mhm,
[00:20:46] and well we will see what will be the subject
[00:20:50] of those investigations, whether the prosecution, I don't see
[00:20:53] any reason for delay there, these are not some cases in
[00:20:57] which huge investigative actions need to be carried out,
[00:21:01] you know and what is necessary in all these
[00:21:04] companies is to conduct an independent audit of operations, if
[00:21:08] possible, we advocate for an international audit, we know that
[00:21:12] it costs a lot, but I think a cross-section needs to be made,
[00:21:15] how do you then view these recent dismissals
[00:21:19] that we witnessed in Komunalno, are these dismissals
[00:21:23] of workers a consequence of economic and organizational
[00:21:26] problems that certainly exist or precisely political and national
[00:21:30] relations within the company, we now see
[00:21:33] workers talking about pressures they
[00:21:36] suffered, how do you view this entire situation now? Well, look, we were,
[00:21:42] which no one wanted to publish that alleged petition, let's say, of workers
[00:21:46] who refuse to work from allegedly
[00:21:48] working unit two, but stop working in the area of working
[00:21:52] unit one or vice versa, to be clear,
[00:21:55] in the area where Croats mostly live or in the area where Bosniaks
[00:21:59] mostly live, meaning we have workers who refused
[00:22:02] to work, allegedly, again, we're talking about that part of fulfilling
[00:22:06] their tasks, uh
[00:22:09] which they are obliged to do throughout the city, and
[00:22:12] they have the right to choose where they will work, that is impossible,
[00:22:16] it shows a multi-layeredness in the management of these
[00:22:20] companies, meaning these companies were not merged in
[00:22:24] a proper way, when we merged we
[00:22:27] warned that it might not be best in that way,
[00:22:31] it was proposed to form a holding company to know exactly in a
[00:22:35] holding company there would be more companies, landfill,
[00:22:38] cleanliness, waste collection, execution of works, to be
[00:22:41] controlled through a common holding company, there were more proposals, unfortunately it seems
[00:22:45] that the worst was chosen and it does not function today, it is obvious
[00:22:49] that in this whole process there was manipulation of workers, mhm,
[00:22:53] absolute manipulation, certain people stated that they didn't know what they
[00:22:56] signed in that petition, you didn't even see the
[00:23:00] petition, uh, we saw a letter, but
[00:23:03] I personally didn't see a signed petition, it wasn't presented, also
[00:23:07] we didn't see any decision about termination of employment
[00:23:10] contract for what reason some worker
[00:23:13] was given that notice, well, specifically I am a lawyer so
[00:23:16] I cannot evaluate if that decision, let's say, at least... for formal
[00:23:20] legal reasons is lawful or not, but it is very, well,
[00:23:24] evident now the supervisory board as
[00:23:26] a second-instance body is resolving the appeals of those
[00:23:29] workers, that is, requests for review of those decisions, and
[00:23:33] I, as I may have heard from the media, have even heard that some decisions were
[00:23:36] adopted, yes, but well, what can the city
[00:23:40] council do now, what can you order the public
[00:23:43] company to do, can we perhaps
[00:23:46] expect, uh, well, an audit again,
[00:23:50] some new establishment of a different kind, a different
[00:23:53] way of working in the municipal company, so what we
[00:23:57] witness, means that these public companies that we have, not only in the city of
[00:24:01] Mostar, but at higher levels or other cities are in huge problems,
[00:24:05] mhm, we witness that maybe some companies that have entered into
[00:24:08] public-private partnership with private companies in some municipalities have much fewer
[00:24:12] problems, maybe it costs a little more,
[00:24:16] maybe it looks a little different, but obviously we need new... in question
[00:24:20] in question in question in
[00:24:23] regulating these issues, but what is worrying is that all these
[00:24:27] companies operate, have poor business
[00:24:30] results, meaning not only in the city of Mostar, look,
[00:24:34] look at the list of tax debtors at the federation level, and you will
[00:24:38] see at the federal administration, the federal tax administration or
[00:24:42] the indirect taxation administration, which public utility companies
[00:24:45] are the biggest debtors, meaning that contributions are not paid,
[00:24:49] that... VAT is not paid, at the same time, these companies, unlike
[00:24:53] private companies, are not blocked by the tax administration, so
[00:24:56] that one chaos,
[00:24:59] be resolved,
[00:25:02] uh, we are witnesses that in some other municipalities there were bankruptcies of public utility companies,
[00:25:06] establishment of new ones, I don't know what the future of the city is in the city of
[00:25:10] Mostar, we have a difficult situation at the landfill which burned down, we have
[00:25:13] workers currently working on disposing, discarding,
[00:25:17] sorting that waste that is there... it comes from I think there are
[00:25:21] about 55 workers, uh,
[00:25:23] they have a very difficult situation, all this concern
[00:25:27] for these layoffs prompted me in a way to ask myself how no one takes care
[00:25:31] of those 55 people who did these jobs whose future is
[00:25:35] uncertain, we hope that these people will fit into other
[00:25:38] other city public utility
[00:25:41] companies, that they will remain at that landfill for guarding
[00:25:44] and disposal
[00:25:49] that landfill. That is all that awaits us in the next period
[00:25:57] public utilities and that problem with waste disposal,
[00:26:00] can we tell the citizens
[00:26:02] of Mostar and this whole region actually when Uborak
[00:26:06] will stop being a city landfill and where Mostar will dispose
[00:26:09] of waste after that, has an alternative been
[00:26:12] found, is it being discussed, there have been many
[00:26:15] ideas for years back, but is there a
[00:26:19] final decision? There is no decision, so we don't even have
[00:26:22] a new location planned for a regional landfill in the
[00:26:26] spatial plan of our canton. in the Herzegovina-Neretva
[00:26:29] Canton. So, what the city of Mostar, the Uborak
[00:26:33] landfill, must implement in the area, in the area of the Uborak landfill, it must
[00:26:36] implement, it is the implementation of the adaptation plan adopted by the federal
[00:26:40] Ministry of Environmental Protection, this means that for the next five years
[00:26:44] that landfill will be rehabilitated
[00:26:47] according to regulations, that
[00:26:51] all hazardous materials that are there
[00:26:54] will be separated, that it will be greened and that it simply will not
[00:26:58] pose a danger to the
[00:27:01] waste has been deposited at that landfill for 60 years, that it
[00:27:05] burned very badly before the war, anyone living in Mostar before the war knows that
[00:27:09] it burned very badly before the war, but it's a chaos,
[00:27:12] simply something we have to, we have to, we have to solve,
[00:27:16] will we be able to solve it without European partners, I don't know, and
[00:27:19] it's constantly being discussed, but it seems that a solution is not
[00:27:22] being found, how do you view this, well
[00:27:26] look, Mostar is not alone in that problem, there are many other
[00:27:30] cities, there are some small municipalities. smaller municipalities, local
[00:27:33] self-government units, who solved it in a way that they have illegal landfills and no one
[00:27:37] mentions them, the city of Mostar had a sanitary landfill that was
[00:27:41] newly opened after the European Union, I think it might not have been well
[00:27:44] managed, mhm, that's another problem, meaning that
[00:27:47] landfill, if all legal regulations had been applied, it would not
[00:27:51] look like this today, and this horror that happened with this
[00:27:54] fire
[00:27:58] of course no one expected, was this an accident or is it the cause?
[00:28:03] as I said, the investigation will determine whether it was intentionally caused, do you have
[00:28:07] any information on what stage the investigation is in? I really don't, because look,
[00:28:10] the prosecution will not give any information, it reserves the right for
[00:28:14] protection, not only in this, but in all other
[00:28:17] cases, but here we say appropriate expert opinions need
[00:28:20] to be conducted, probably a large number of people, workers,
[00:28:24] of the landfill, a large number of firefighters who
[00:28:28] told us, let's say internally when we thanked
[00:28:31] those people for all they did because they were
[00:28:35] exposed to a great danger
[00:28:38] when they extinguished that landfill, they were, because
[00:28:41] the landfill didn't just have one fire, it had new fires on the second and third day,
[00:28:45] they expressed suspicion due to their
[00:28:48] professional experience that it was arson. Uh, so
[00:28:52] now when we talk about public enterprises of the city of
[00:28:55] Mostar, are they today professional city
[00:28:58] companies or still political spoils for parties? How do
[00:29:01] you? "I personally think that we in public enterprises
[00:29:05] do not have professional companies, not only in Mostar, but in the entire
[00:29:09] Bosnia and Herzegovina, meaning these
[00:29:12] companies are simply under
[00:29:15] the supervision of political parties who appoint their members
[00:29:19] of supervisory boards and management and they manage those companies and
[00:29:22] we are witnesses that their results, as we said,
[00:29:26] who are the biggest tax debtors contributions tell
[00:29:30] us that either we don't know how to manage."
[00:29:32] the sector, that we don't know how to manage that sector, or that
[00:29:36] there is a high degree of corruption, crime, where citizens' funds,
[00:29:39] look, the funds used by these public utility companies, we all pay
[00:29:43] through garbage collection or by paying appropriate utility
[00:29:47] fees adopted by our local self-government units, so we are
[00:29:51] witnessing problems in highways, problems
[00:29:54] in telecommunications, and now big problems in Elektroprivreda Bosnia and
[00:29:58] Herzegovina, in Mines, meaning all
[00:30:01] public enterprises. are simply either very
[00:30:05] few of them operate responsibly,
[00:30:07] is it even possible then to solve that problem, we are talking
[00:30:11] about local communities, then through the level of
[00:30:15] cantons and
[00:30:17] entity levels and the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:30:21] all public enterprises are actually in a similar situation,
[00:30:24] similar state, is it even possible then to come and
[00:30:28] solve these problems? Well, it is possible to solve these problems, but these problems
[00:30:31] will not be solved until Bosnia and Herzegovina joins the European
[00:30:34] Union, mhm, I'm afraid they won't be solved, the moment we
[00:30:38] will not only have our prosecutor's offices, but European prosecutor's offices, we are witnesses now in
[00:30:42] Croatia that anyone who spends funds from European
[00:30:45] funds falls under the jurisdiction of the European prosecutor's office, so
[00:30:49] you see, for example, specifically on landfills in
[00:30:52] Croatia and and certain collectors, I'm talking
[00:30:56] about that municipal infrastructure...