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[00:00:00] The coalition says it will negotiate with the winners, which is how it
[00:00:03] is in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Of course, if
[00:00:07] matrix it's SNSD, there will be talks with SNSD, but
[00:00:11] the red lines are known, which is the implementation of laws, the
[00:00:14] Dayton Peace Agreement, and we know that the Party
[00:00:18] of Democratic Action declaratively advocates for
[00:00:22] the European, i.e., NATO path of Bosnia and
[00:00:25] Herzegovina. In any case, these will be difficult negotiations. On the other
[00:00:29] hand, it will be interesting to see how it goes in the cantons. So,
[00:00:32] the SDP won a really significant number
[00:00:35] of votes in Sarajevo Canton. Will a new "troika" happen?
[00:00:39] Is that possible? In any case, what
[00:00:43] Izedbegović sees, he was among the first to congratulate Efendić
[00:00:47] on the significant number of votes, it is probably the Party for Bosnia and
[00:00:50] Herzegovina as potentially some new partners.
[00:00:54] Studio,
[00:00:56] so that was Dina Elin Dizdar from the election headquarters of the
[00:01:00] Party of Democratic Action. Let's go to our Mirna, she is currently in
[00:01:03] the "Under the Magnifying Glass" coalition, but previously
[00:01:06] technologies, thank God for followed the events in the SDP, a party that also achieved
[00:01:10] a good result, relatively, even though the Party of Democratic Action achieved
[00:01:14] twice as many votes as them at many levels,
[00:01:17] but the victory of the SDP candidate
[00:01:20] and the coalition, namely
[00:01:22] Denis Bećirović. Mirna, let's
[00:01:26] make an overview of this evening, unlike what Amir said about
[00:01:30] SDA and SDP. smiling faces tonight, especially
[00:01:32] Denis Bećirović.
[00:01:35] Well, Denis Bećirović definitely, Aila,
[00:01:38] however, what we all noticed immediately upon
[00:01:42] arriving here, where the SDP party headquarters
[00:01:46] was, is that we were announced
[00:01:48] addresses by Damir Mašić from the SDP
[00:01:52] Main Board and Nermin
[00:01:54] Nikšić as the party president, and immediately somehow
[00:01:58] there was confusion. Where is Denis Bećirović, who is
[00:02:02] actually the SDP candidate for the member
[00:02:05] of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina? We certainly
[00:02:08] didn't miss the opportunity to ask
[00:02:11] the party president when he spoke,
[00:02:15] and he said that since Denis
[00:02:17] Bećirović was supported by 14 parties, since he is actually
[00:02:21] the candidate of the "United for the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina" coalition, even though he comes from the
[00:02:23] SDP, he is still
[00:02:27] at the Europe Hotel and that
[00:02:31] they joined him after that address.
[00:02:34] What somehow
[00:02:36] expressed satisfaction, caused satisfaction
[00:02:40] in the SDP, is precisely the victory of Denis Bećirović,
[00:02:44] who again
[00:02:46] Herzegovina positions them remains in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:02:50] But the fact that Ivan Begić, who
[00:02:53] was the SDP candidate, won the position of Vice President of Republika Srpska
[00:02:57] from the Croatian people, they also say
[00:03:00] that they are not dissatisfied with the results
[00:03:04] they achieved
[00:03:06] for the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor for
[00:03:10] the federal parliament. They say that according to the procedures,
[00:03:14] they are doing somewhat better than in the previous
[00:03:16] election cycle, so somehow the SDP president, Nermin
[00:03:20] Nikšić, constantly emphasized that this
[00:03:24] will be an interesting autumn, that the formation of the government
[00:03:28] will largely depend on who will
[00:03:31] cooperate with whom. Also, just now, Tina
[00:03:35] mentioned the congratulations to Semir Efendić
[00:03:38] sent by Bakir Izedbegović, president of the SDA.
[00:03:42] A similar rhetoric could be heard
[00:03:44] in the SDP. Everyone is somewhat
[00:03:47] surprised, and the formation of the government
[00:03:51] will largely be influenced by who the Party for
[00:03:54] Bosnia and Herzegovina will cooperate with. As
[00:03:58] them that in no for the SDP and other levels of government,
[00:04:01] i.e., cantonal, they proudly highlighted the success of Adnan
[00:04:05] Šteta, who actually, as the first on the list, won the
[00:04:08] most votes, all the votes actually at the level
[00:04:11] of Sarajevo Canton. There, they actually
[00:04:15] hope, as it was announced during the campaign,
[00:04:19] that Adnan Šteta will take over the prime ministerial
[00:04:22] position when it comes to Sarajevo Canton, but they did not
[00:04:26] comment on other cantons. Nermin
[00:04:29] Nikšić said that he would do so in
[00:04:32] the coming days, that they certainly expect that wherever
[00:04:35] possible, that "troika" as a coalition will remain
[00:04:39] and survive and that they will continue to work as they
[00:04:42] have so far. You said, Dajla, at
[00:04:46] the very beginning of the announcement, I am currently here in the "Under the Magnifying Glass" coalition, and somehow they
[00:04:49] concluded this day
[00:04:53] primarily by talking about
[00:04:56] turnout, about those election irregularities that they
[00:05:00] recorded. When it comes to election technologies and the implementation
[00:05:03] of new election technologies, they say
[00:05:06] they consider it successful, that it was
[00:05:09] successfully implemented and that no significant
[00:05:13] irregularities were recorded, apart from the
[00:05:16] delays at the very opening of polling stations, and thus the prolongation
[00:05:20] of the closing of polling stations. However, again, those more serious
[00:05:24] irregularities were recorded,
[00:05:28] such as pressure on voters,
[00:05:31] but also the disapproval of observers. That is something that
[00:05:34] worries, over 100 actually such more serious irregularities
[00:05:38] were recorded. They also commented on the turnout itself.
[00:05:42] So, a little over 40%, over
[00:05:45] 42% is the turnout according to the data
[00:05:49] of the "Under the Magnifying Glass" coalition, and they still say
[00:05:51] that maybe it doesn't show that the turnout is lower
[00:05:55] compared to the previous election cycle,
[00:05:59] but that it is actually an indicator that this time we had
[00:06:02] new election technologies that prevented
[00:06:06] the abuse of unused ballots.
[00:06:09] So, this will certainly be
[00:06:13] a topic of discussion in the coming period, and the "Under the Magnifying Glass" coalition
[00:06:17] itself announced new analyses for
[00:06:19] tomorrow.
[00:06:24] We heard our Mirna Zdralović live. Let's go live to Mostar
[00:06:27] where Dženana Kaminić Puce
[00:06:30] followed the celebration in HDZ. The latest information came
[00:06:34] from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia,
[00:06:36] Andrej Plenković, congratulating Darjana
[00:06:40] Filipović, the new member of the Presidency of Bosnia
[00:06:43] and Herzegovina from the Croatian people. Dženana, what was
[00:06:46] interesting that we saw at the press conference while Darijana Filipović was speaking was a long
[00:06:50] list of people she thanked,
[00:06:53] but she and Dragan Čović thanked
[00:06:56] Bosniaks.
[00:07:02] Both cameras specifically thanked the Bosniak electorate, as we
[00:07:05] could hear Darijana Filipović, as she said,
[00:07:08] she especially thanks them, because she said that the Bosniak
[00:07:12] people showed that they do not want to outvote and that they do not want tensions
[00:07:16] caused precisely by that. Dragan Čović also referred to that, but he
[00:07:20] said that the focus will further be on changes to the election
[00:07:23] law, so here is the celebration here in the HDZ election
[00:07:26] headquarters. So, it was initially
[00:07:29] quiet here, anticipation, after the results
[00:07:33] announced by the CIK, a thunderous applause followed
[00:07:36] here, the atmosphere absolutely changed, as we
[00:07:40] could hear Darijana Filipović. So, a landslide victory for the HDZ
[00:07:44] candidate, who had two opposing candidates, Slavjan Kovačević
[00:07:48] and Zdenko Lučić. As we could hear in her
[00:07:51] address, she said that she hopes that in the next four years
[00:07:55] her work will show that institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina can
[00:07:58] be different, that the decisions that will be made
[00:08:02] in the coming period will be decisions of mutual respect
[00:08:05] and deference. On the other hand, Dragan Čović spoke
[00:08:09] about the next steps that he will take
[00:08:13] in the period that follows. So, besides the changes to the election
[00:08:16] law, he focused on the positioning of the Croatian
[00:08:20] people, as well as on the strategy until 2020, until
[00:08:23] 2040, which will address
[00:08:26] the position of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the position of the Croatian people, so how
[00:08:30] it should look in the future.
[00:08:33] Čović also spoke about a convincing victory in
[00:08:37] six cantons, so we heard about Herzegovina-Neretva Canton,
[00:08:40] West Herzegovina, Posavina.
[00:08:42] Central Bosnia Canton 10 and
[00:08:46] so on. So, he also said that with Darijana
[00:08:49] Filipović, he has a majority at the state and federal
[00:08:53] level. So, I will remind you of the 2022 elections, when the
[00:08:57] HDZ list had four mandates at
[00:09:00] the state level, these were three direct and one compensatory.
[00:09:04] So, all of this will be discussed more in the coming
[00:09:07] period. So, even before Dragan Čović and
[00:09:11] Darijana Filipović, Borena Krišto and Lidija Bradara
[00:09:14] also addressed the media and spoke about how during
[00:09:18] the campaign, the HDZ focused on the program itself and
[00:09:21] its goals, so the Croatian electorate recognized that,
[00:09:25] and now it is seen in the votes that
[00:09:29] they expected nothing less than a convincing victory for their
[00:09:33] candidate, Darijana Filipović. We know that her candidacy
[00:09:36] was somehow mostly focused on messages related
[00:09:40] to the political equality of Croats
[00:09:43] in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:09:46] security, stability, and the European path of Bosnia
[00:09:49] and Herzegovina. So, the celebration continues
[00:09:52] here, they certainly have reasons to celebrate, and we are sure
[00:09:56] it will last deep into the night.
[00:09:59] From Mostar and the HDZ headquarters, Đinana Kaminić Puce reported, where she also
[00:10:02] followed the atmosphere and events. Let's continue to our Azur Delić,
[00:10:06] who is currently in the "United for the State"
[00:10:09] headquarters. Before that, Azur was also in the Party for Bosnia and
[00:10:12] Herzegovina. Azur, both "United for the State" and the Party for Bosnia
[00:10:16] and Herzegovina are quite satisfied tonight, and they have reason to be.
[00:10:20] Semir Efendić, as we just heard, is very
[00:10:23] satisfied with the party's growth and the votes he
[00:10:27] himself won.
[00:10:31] Ajla, I will summarize my personal impression in one sentence.
[00:10:35] So, since I was at these two places, as you
[00:10:38] mentioned, we saw two surprises. So, it seems to me
[00:10:42] that the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina is surprised
[00:10:45] by such a rapid growth in votes, considering that they are
[00:10:48] the fourth party in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that, as
[00:10:52] Džemal Smajić says, they are in eight out of 10 cantons'
[00:10:56] assemblies. And in Sarajevo Canton, they are the third strongest
[00:11:00] party, so they left behind the People and Justice
[00:11:03] Democratic Front, "Our Party."
[00:11:07] So, they actually recorded the biggest growth.
[00:11:10] As they state, they express satisfaction, they were actually
[00:11:14] taken aback in that sense. They expected
[00:11:17] a good result, but it personally seems to me,
[00:11:20] talking to representatives of the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:11:24] they didn't expect such a large
[00:11:27] number of votes. Of course, they are satisfied with how many
[00:11:30] votes Semir Efendić, as a candidate for a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, got,
[00:11:34] over 130 thousand votes. That was one surprise. And
[00:11:38] when we actually came here, where Denis
[00:11:41] Bećirović was and where the coalition for the state
[00:11:44] gathered to celebrate Denis Bećirović's victory,
[00:11:48] there wasn't much celebration precisely because of Denis
[00:11:51] Bećirović's stance, who said that the situation in the country is difficult. He reminded
[00:11:55] of Jablanica, so that there are few reasons, if any,
[00:11:58] for celebration. But he said that he will, as he states, continue
[00:12:02] to work responsibly. And, on the other hand,
[00:12:05] it seems to me that it is surprising how many votes the Party of Democratic
[00:12:09] Action received, over one hundred thousand more than
[00:12:13] the SDP, so when we look at the level of the federation,
[00:12:16] the parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, they are
[00:12:20] surprised. Of course, now combinations
[00:12:23] and analyses are underway. So, everyone will surely
[00:12:27] be making some analyses tonight, some new possibilities
[00:12:30] regarding the political situation in Bosnia and
[00:12:34] Herzegovina at all these levels of government. It will be
[00:12:37] truly interesting to follow how things
[00:12:40] will unfold regarding the formation of governments and in which
[00:12:44] direction coalitions will go. But what we heard from the Party for Bosnia and
[00:12:48] Herzegovina, and this result they achieved gives them the right
[00:12:51] to say, is that they will be an unavoidable
[00:12:54] factor. Now, the question is, of course, with whom they will
[00:12:57] coalesce. Will they align with the SDA
[00:13:01] or perhaps a coalition with the "troika"? All of that
[00:13:04] is unknown, of course, but this
[00:13:07] result of the Party for Bosnia and
[00:13:11] as a party that must be consulted. They will be,
[00:13:15] as they state, an unavoidable factor. So, those two
[00:13:18] surprises, Ajela, we notice tonight.
[00:13:22] And so, Denis Bećirović did win with this
[00:13:25] success, but it personally seems to me that
[00:13:28] they are not satisfied with the result when it comes to the total number of votes,
[00:13:32] so we are not talking about the member of the Presidency,
[00:13:35] but about other levels of government, primarily this level of the Federation of Bosnia and
[00:13:38] Herzegovina.
[00:13:41] That was Azur Delić live. They are not satisfied
[00:13:44] with the results in the People and
[00:13:47] Justice. Melika Balihožić is live with us in the coming
[00:13:50] minutes. Melika, we heard Elmedin Konaković. He
[00:13:54] believes that
[00:13:57] the indignation, to put it mildly, with the work of the troika
[00:14:00] has been the most significant consequence or has been paid precisely
[00:14:04] by NiP.
[00:14:08] Exactly, he seemed quite sincere, he said
[00:14:12] there were mistakes, and then he extensively referred to numerous examples
[00:14:16] in Sarajevo, everything that doesn't work, from water to
[00:14:19] city cleanliness. But he underlined that "we made mistakes, and we paid for them,"
[00:14:23] meaning the People and Justice party.
[00:14:25] The atmosphere is quite gloomy, almost all night here, and for good
[00:14:29] reason. We can freely say that this party was perhaps
[00:14:32] on the biggest test, considering that it is still relatively
[00:14:36] young, that it achieved a great result
[00:14:38] in the 2022 elections,
[00:14:42] and now it has returned to these next general elections with a much
[00:14:46] larger number of regular lists. It seems to me,
[00:14:49] seven more lists compared to 2022. For the
[00:14:52] first time, they had candidates for
[00:14:56] the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the entity of Republika Srpska, candidates for
[00:15:00] the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, and a candidate for the President
[00:15:04] of Republika Srpska. We know that last year at the state level,
[00:15:07] or rather, for four years, they had those three
[00:15:10] mandates, and they were quite, let's say, solid in
[00:15:14] the federation, where they had seven representatives in the House
[00:15:17] of Representatives. Now, those numbers will be
[00:15:20] quite questionable. Konaković referred to
[00:15:24] certain cantons where good results were still achieved.
[00:15:28] He highlighted Bosansko-Podrinje Canton, Zenica-Doboj Canton,
[00:15:31] Central Bosnia and Tuzla Cantons, where it is reliably known that they will also
[00:15:35] remain parliamentary. However, he admitted. It is quite clear that
[00:15:38] for Sarajevo Canton, things remain uncertain, and when asked about the future
[00:15:42] of the "troika," he stated that it is somehow a question that will
[00:15:46] perhaps most significantly mark this night for them in terms of further
[00:15:50] coalition building, in terms of the results, after all,
[00:15:53] of our party, which went through an even more difficult
[00:15:56] time when it comes to precisely that coalition building. He only
[00:16:00] mentioned what he also mentioned during the campaign, which is that there will be no
[00:16:04] coalition with SNSD, and that ultimately,
[00:16:08] for Sarajevo Canton, as well as for the state and all other levels,
[00:16:11] the SDA will now be the one to ask. He emphasized again what he said
[00:16:15] in the campaign, that he will put the state first and
[00:16:18] state institutions, that he does not exclude talks with anyone, except, as
[00:16:21] I said, that option with the SNSD.
[00:16:25] Quite sincere, quite
[00:16:29] disappointed, I say again, a gloomy atmosphere considering
[00:16:32] the result as it is." We heard our Melih
[00:16:35] Balihodžić, and also previously other
[00:16:40] reporters who were in the election headquarters of the parties,
[00:16:43] followed the atmosphere and the first reactions after the Central Election Commission
[00:16:46] announced the results, which we received
[00:16:50] quite early, surprisingly, we are not used to that. So,
[00:16:53] already around 8:10-15 minutes, we had the results
[00:16:56] that were immediately commented on by political
[00:17:00] parties. We deal with coalitions,
[00:17:03] we are really not used to it. Before,
[00:17:06] we waited until midnight for the Central Election Commission, today the situation is different, many
[00:17:09] press conferences were held at the same time, we didn't manage to hear comments from
[00:17:13] our party, they say they understood the message from the citizens.
[00:17:17] Here's what they said briefly.
[00:17:20] I take this opportunity to first
[00:17:22] and foremost congratulate the future
[00:17:25] and current member of the Presidency of Bosnia and
[00:17:29] Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, on his convincing victory,
[00:17:32] our joint candidate. That is the news
[00:17:35] that particularly pleases us tonight.
[00:17:39] On the other hand, we also received the results
[00:17:43] in record, that is, time,
[00:17:46] and I take this opportunity to mention that with new
[00:17:50] technologies, we have truly created electoral history in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:17:53] that never before have we had the opportunity to analyze
[00:17:56] the received results so quickly.
[00:18:00] What is quite clear from these
[00:18:03] results is that the citizens, especially of the Federation of Bosnia
[00:18:06] and Herzegovina, voted for a change
[00:18:09] of government at practically all
[00:18:12] levels. I am sorry that we cannot
[00:18:16] call the situation the same in Republika Srpska.
[00:18:19] Namely, as for the results, that is,
[00:18:23] of the "troika" itself and the previous government, it is clear that we have
[00:18:26] possibilities for new majorities at different levels of government, from
[00:18:30] Sarajevo Canton to the federal government itself. As for
[00:18:34] our party, for a start, I can first and foremost
[00:18:37] congratulate our colleagues in Tuzla, or in
[00:18:40] Tuzla Canton, as it is the first time since the founding of our
[00:18:43] party that we have a direct mandate in the Parliament
[00:18:46] of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we should have,
[00:18:50] therefore, when it comes to the number of mandates in the assembly
[00:18:53] of Tuzla Canton, doubled that result. Unfortunately, that
[00:18:57] situation is not the same in Sarajevo Canton, and
[00:19:01] we have indeed received the message and criticism, that is, through these
[00:19:05] elections from our voters in Sarajevo Canton,
[00:19:08] mm, but also when it comes to the state level
[00:19:12] of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where we
[00:19:14] are recording a decrease in the number of mandates for our
[00:19:18] party, both in Sarajevo Canton and so far at the state
[00:19:21] level, mm, this is a message that our party does
[00:19:25] not take lightly. We spent 30 days talking to our
[00:19:28] fellow citizens, to our voters, and therefore, every
[00:19:32] criticism we receive, I assure
[00:19:35] way does our party take it
[00:19:39] lightly. At the same time, I use this opportunity to
[00:19:42] thank all our voters at all levels, because our party
[00:19:46] is parliamentary at all levels of government, from the state level,
[00:19:50] federation, cantonal assemblies, we are still waiting
[00:19:53] for results, for example from Zenica-Doboj Canton,
[00:19:56] Bosansko-Podrinje Canton, where we are on the verge, therefore
[00:19:59] of entering the cantonal assemblies.
[00:20:02] Of course, these are still not complete results
[00:20:05] and we are not yet in a position
[00:20:08] to talk and analyze the complete picture, but what
[00:20:11] is clear, as I said at the beginning, is that there are
[00:20:14] possibilities for other majorities, and that is
[00:20:18] a message, I repeat, that all of us who have
[00:20:21] participated in government at all levels must
[00:20:24] take very seriously. Of course,
[00:20:27] the party's bodies will discuss this. As the president
[00:20:30] of our party, I take responsibility
[00:20:33] and believe that as the first person of the party, I must
[00:20:37] first and foremost bear that responsibility, and then all
[00:20:41] my male and female colleagues after
[00:20:43] me.
[00:20:46] We heard Sabina Ćudić from our party. Here's what the Croatian
[00:20:50] Republican Party and HDZ
[00:20:52] 1990 said.
[00:20:55] We need to honestly admit that modern technologies
[00:20:59] have completely reduced the possibilities
[00:21:02] of manipulation. So, there
[00:21:05] were irregularities. We pointed out
[00:21:07] these irregularities, published them publicly.
[00:21:10] So, the fact is, I received
[00:21:14] marked ballots. This did not
[00:21:17] only happen to me, it happened in
[00:21:20] dozens of polling stations, not only in Mostar, but throughout
[00:21:24] the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:21:28] But I must admit that modern technologies
[00:21:31] have succeeded, if nothing else, in
[00:21:35] returning our dead to eternal
[00:21:37] rest, may God grant them eternal rest. And
[00:21:40] when you look at the percentage
[00:21:44] of turnout, we can
[00:21:46] see exactly how many votes are the result
[00:21:50] of fraud in previous election processes. So, thank
[00:21:54] God for modern
[00:21:56] mm scanning RFID,
[00:22:00] fingerprints, personal data and all
[00:22:03] that. There were irregularities, but now if
[00:22:06] we use the terminology that it was, that it
[00:22:09] determined the election result, we cannot say that
[00:22:13] because the result is realistic, the result is
[00:22:16] what it is, the people have chosen and...
[00:22:20] After the official announcement of the results, as I said
[00:22:23] earlier, we are going into battle. So, we have fulfilled
[00:22:27] our goals that we set, we are parliamentary
[00:22:31] at all levels, we have met our political expectations,
[00:22:34] the primary goal was to be represented at all
[00:22:37] levels, we are represented from the House of Representatives of Bosnia and
[00:22:40] Herzegovina to all parliaments. We are still waiting
[00:22:44] for results, and I am sure that that result on a scale
[00:22:47] of one to five tomorrow afternoon
[00:22:50] will be a good four. This coalition continues its
[00:22:54] path, we have, what is most important to me, okay,
[00:22:58] the result, cycles come and go, we have gained a
[00:23:01] level of trust, we have gained a level of mutual
[00:23:05] respect, we have gained a level of our
[00:23:09] relations in line with what our people
[00:23:12] demand from us, which is to group together. We have received new
[00:23:15] technologies, we are very handicapped in that material
[00:23:19] sense. "We don't have state money, we don't have money for
[00:23:22] campaigns, we don't have money to give away for votes, we don't have
[00:23:26] tools to scare and blackmail people, we don't have any instruments with which
[00:23:30] we could possibly threaten anyone, but we did
[00:23:33] everything to try to protect those who were under abnormal
[00:23:36] pressure in these elections. People, you don't even realize
[00:23:40] that pressure. So, I understand all those people, people are fighting for
[00:23:43] their own existence, their families', not to mention
[00:23:46] the media space in this campaign, so we don't have money to pay." Unlike
[00:23:50] the HDZ of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has its own media, it talks on them
[00:23:53] for as long as it wants, and from all of that, we go to the parliamentary level
[00:23:57] at every level. I am especially happy
[00:24:01] and what particularly pleases me, I have shown that with
[00:24:04] my policy, these are the
[00:24:07] areas where there are the fewest Croats and where they are
[00:24:11] completely abandoned, that is the entity Republika Srpska, and I can comfortably
[00:24:15] tell you, regardless of the results you have seen, a huge
[00:24:19] number of votes were returned for Mr. Igor Balukčić, Igor
[00:24:23] Balukčić is the new president, Vice-President of Republika Srpska,
[00:24:26] and if you want me to be personal, that is one of my greatest
[00:24:30] political victories in life, so Croats will not be
[00:24:34] abandoned in the RS entity, we will take care of
[00:24:36] them.
[00:24:40] So, dear viewers, we have heard the messages from Ilija Cvitanović from
[00:24:44] HDZ 1990 coalition,
[00:24:47] Amir, we heard all the messages tonight from all political parties,
[00:24:51] we did a round of reporters, it remains for us to comment with
[00:24:54] you, dear guests here in the studio, Mr.
[00:24:57] Prohić, now that we draw a line on this
[00:25:01] election night, what will actually be the most important
[00:25:04] message of these elections, in your opinion? Well, one
[00:25:07] of those messages that emerges
[00:25:10] is that the parties that have a strong voter
[00:25:14] base have won,
[00:25:17] uh, that means that those parties... never fall
[00:25:20] below a certain level, no matter what they say
[00:25:24] and what they do. The other
[00:25:27] thing that is important to point out tonight, because that awaits us
[00:25:30] in the next four
[00:25:32] years. Uh, things with
[00:25:36] elections don't end on election day,
[00:25:39] mhm, it should finally, not only
[00:25:43] political actors, but also citizens,
[00:25:46] realize that it is necessary
[00:25:48] to work
[00:25:51] the saying "until the elections and beyond", I
[00:25:55] will say one of my
[00:25:57] pearls of wisdom,
[00:25:59] uh, the entire experience, not only with us, but... in
[00:26:02] the world confirms the following: no
[00:26:06] political party, regardless of its ideological
[00:26:10] on which its program is based and regardless
[00:26:13] of its program, will not do for the so-called general or
[00:26:17] public interest more than the public
[00:26:20] forces it to. Now we come to yet another
[00:26:23] key problem of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:26:27] the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a political
[00:26:30] factor, that is... one of the big
[00:26:33] problems, until that changes,
[00:26:37] I think that the general situation cannot,
[00:26:41] no, it cannot will not change. Another
[00:26:44] theoretical note:
[00:26:48] in every society,
[00:26:51] political parties and
[00:26:53] citizens have power. The problem is the following:
[00:26:57] that politicians have effective power, and citizens
[00:27:01] only hypothetical power.
[00:27:04] What I am talking about now is best seen in the example
[00:27:07] of events in Serbia in the last two years, where
[00:27:11] the public, citizens, led by students,
[00:27:14] became a political factor. How the elections
[00:27:17] will end, I don't know, but no matter how they end, at this
[00:27:20] moment - polls say that
[00:27:23] the student list is
[00:27:26] ahead of the ruling party. How it will
[00:27:30] end, I don't know, but whatever poll, but..." We will see, yes, but no matter how it
[00:27:33] ends, the fact is
[00:27:36] that through the student movement, actually through
[00:27:39] the rebellion that later evolved
[00:27:42] into a movement, because in addition to students,
[00:27:46] various structures
[00:27:49] of citizens joined. Therefore, that is no longer a student rebellion, but
[00:27:52] it is now a civil movement. So, to return to our
[00:27:56] situation, so, the situation in Serbia
[00:27:59] shows that citizens can have
[00:28:03] political power, it's just that their power is
[00:28:06] hypothetical, and
[00:28:09] the situation in BiH will change the moment when
[00:28:13] that hypothetical power becomes real,
[00:28:16] as it happened in Serbia. Mrs.
[00:28:19] Cenić, the general impression of all press
[00:28:23] conferences, who was the happiest at the press conference? The one who came out first,
[00:28:27] Milorad Dodik. We now have the presidency
[00:28:30] uh, which many feared. "Denis
[00:28:33] Bećirović says that foreign policy will not change, or rather, foreign
[00:28:37] policy must not change, it is evident that it will change to some extent, however,
[00:28:41] we must not forget one of the key questions that was in the campaign, will
[00:28:45] Dodik, that happiest one, be pardoned?
[00:28:48] Well, I wouldn't rule it out at all that he will be
[00:28:51] pardoned, because as I said in the previous general elections
[00:28:55] and I think I was also with you in the studio
[00:28:58] that making a coalition
[00:29:02] m'. uh two against one, meaning where one
[00:29:05] is fragmented, broken, that's the trio, the octet, what were
[00:29:09] they, it's not possible. These are the key
[00:29:12] players, that's Čović and Dodik, they hold the keys to Bosnia
[00:29:16] and Herzegovina, and that's why I said immediately,
[00:29:19] I congratulate Denis Bećirović, and I especially congratulate
[00:29:23] the ladies, this,
[00:29:25] 2/1, difficult, foreign policy is conducted
[00:29:29] in the presidency,
[00:29:31] it can always be. dangerous, now the question is, you know,
[00:29:34] if Mr. Bećirović invokes vital national
[00:29:37] interest, now tell me what kind of support he will have, how much
[00:29:41] support, what, who, whom and anything
[00:29:45] at all, because you know vital interest over there
[00:29:48] in Republika Srpska, it's known how that
[00:29:51] quickly goes, and how it will go here,
[00:30:04] let's not forget, that both Mr. Efendić
[00:30:08] and Mr. Konaković came out of the ranks
[00:30:10] of the SDA, they have long mastered election
[00:30:14] technologies, how to work with voters, how it
[00:30:17] goes and therefore it has its results,
[00:30:20] just as Milorad Dodik, uh, you know,
[00:30:24] he was educated by Americans, an enormous amount was invested
[00:30:26] in him, at one time, the training
[00:30:30] of his members, the training of the entire party,
[00:30:33] and that has yielded results, not to mention that he knows very well
[00:30:37] how many years he has been in politics, he knows these players,
[00:30:41] that's terrible, I mean he knows exactly who
[00:30:44] writes to whom, what is the price on the head
[00:30:48] of whom, who is the courier for this one, who is the courier
[00:30:52] for that one, and so, I mean, it's an open
[00:30:55] secret, many of us know those couriers.