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00:00:25pieces of drones and Bayer.
00:00:35The war in Ukraine, the escalation in the Middle East, the development of drones, the growing
00:00:39demand for ammunition have once again put the focus on the defense industry.
00:00:43What opportunities and challenges does this bring to Bosnia and Herzegovina, does the domestic
00:00:47defense industry use its potential? We are discussing these topics
00:00:50with a sworn expert, Professor Berko Dzečević. Good day and welcome.
00:00:54Thank you. We will start with the defense industry,
00:00:58after several years of work.
00:01:00The growth of exports in that industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina was followed this
00:01:03year by a decline in the first seven months, 20%
00:01:07less weapons and ammunition were exported than in the same period last year, given
00:01:11these events in the world, how do you comment on that, is
00:01:14that actually a big loss at this moment, well look, that
00:01:18loss is present not because there is
00:01:21incompetence of experts and
00:01:24technologies within existing military factories, but it is
00:01:28the result of practically... the inability of political
00:01:32structures that currently control those
00:01:35military factories to appoint people who
00:01:38think financially, strategically and
00:01:41technically, meaning we got experts who
00:01:45simply did not prove themselves in
00:01:49the system of managing a large
00:01:52system, the Pretis factory
00:01:55is a brand, a company in Europe, in
00:01:58the world, unfortunately.
00:02:00If you look at who was in the previous two
00:02:04years, you can see that these are people who had no experience in
00:02:08the movements on the ground, do you actually see these management, meaning everything that
00:02:10Pretis now has problems are not the result of problems
00:02:13that are the result of the incompetence of workers,
00:02:17engineers, but are the result of the interference of current
00:02:21political options that are in the position of
00:02:24managing that factory, a similar situation in
00:02:28the Binas factory.
00:02:30in Bugojno, I don't have
00:02:33at some point we are one detailed data on that, but we saw that there was a
00:02:35change of leadership that in the previous period achieved
00:02:39outstanding, so to speak progress in terms of
00:02:42stabilizing that factory and they brought in people who
00:02:45absolutely have no second of experience in
00:02:48managing the military industry. My
00:02:52personal assessment is that we have an excellent military
00:02:55industry, I expect with the arrival of the new
00:02:58American ambassador. here and what I hear
00:03:02from intelligence sources outside Bosnia and
00:03:04Herzegovina is that there will be
00:03:08a more active role of the military
00:03:11segment of the military industry of the United States
00:03:14here, some fund like
00:03:18Global Regulus which is a fund of a group
00:03:21of citizens, of which some citizens are from Bosnia and
00:03:24Herzegovina and the surrounding area who wanted to take over that factory,
00:03:28but serious military entities in the United States who
00:03:32want to take over a factory here that can annually at
00:03:35this moment from 300 to 350,000
00:03:38pieces of ammunition annually through normal channels and
00:03:42ensuring raw materials to ensure. Pretis in
00:03:45two to three years with an investment of a hundred
00:03:48million dollars, which does not represent a huge sum
00:03:51of money for Europe and the United States, can reach up to
00:03:55500 thousand pieces of large
00:03:58caliber ammunition. If you look. that the whole of Europe, that
00:04:02it needed a year, or rather
00:04:0514 to 15 months, to produce a million pieces
00:04:09of 155 projectiles,
00:04:12when you compare that with this small country of ours Bosnia and Herzegovina which has a couple
00:04:15of million inhabitants with these 509 people working in
00:04:19Pretis, then you see how big that potential is, the current
00:04:22political leadership of the federation did not
00:04:26understand the potential of that factory, it did not understand.
00:04:30what kind of, what valuable input there is there, not only
00:04:33Pretis, you have other military factories that
00:04:37require support, not political support,
00:04:40financial, technical and human support. Do you want to say that the
00:04:44future of the BiH defense industry is actually in specialization for
00:04:47individual segments within international
00:04:50chains of production systems, only connection with Western
00:04:53military factories, joint work on
00:04:57specific weapon systems.
00:05:00Uh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, they say, has both
00:05:04the knowledge and capacity for drone production, uh, is there
00:05:07actually a will to enter into that business and how far behind
00:05:11are we at this moment.
00:05:14compared to the world in that regard,
00:05:17look, we are incomparably behind, when you look at
00:05:21Croatia, their Orix, I think it's called
00:05:23the company, I made a mistake, but this is where it starts,
00:05:27an excellent company, 200
00:05:3050, 70 engineers and workers
00:05:33work, produces over 250,000
00:05:38components for drones annually, their
00:05:41drones are used by us..." So that's
00:05:44obvious proof, we see it also happening in Serbia,
00:05:48but what is key in my opinion, besides drones
00:05:51you must have ammunition,
00:05:54ammunition, a drone carries ammunition, a drone doesn't kill, here, I'll tell
00:05:58you for the first time, so it's necessary to combine modern with
00:06:01traditional technology, here, I'll tell
00:06:04you first, I said before,
00:06:08in November, in October last year I submitted a request to
00:06:12be given... consent for the development of ammunition for drones, because I saw
00:06:15everyone developing drones, no one developing ammunition,
00:06:18I formed a company that was supposed to deal with
00:06:21the development of ammunition, I cannot get a permit
00:06:25to do that, they don't give it to me, neither the Directorate for
00:06:29Defense Industry nor the Ministry of Energy and Mining, since
00:06:32they didn't give me a permit, I can't do it in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I found a
00:06:36country in Europe that adopted my
00:06:40concept and I with that country. I carried out testing with them
00:06:43and we got phenomenal results, so I will now
00:06:46these days go to abroad to work with
00:06:49a team there, because in my own country a few
00:06:53people here don't understand that we should
00:06:56be producing ammunition for drones so that
00:06:59we can earn money for workers and for the
00:07:02state to receive , so to
00:07:04speak pay, right,
00:07:08duties to the state, simply here there
00:07:12is no. vision, these people who lead politics
00:07:15in the field of defense industry have no idea
00:07:19what potentials they have
00:07:22and what they should do, they don't know how to do it, they are afraid.
00:07:26as a military expert, I must ask you about these events, first
00:07:30of all, uh, in the Middle East, then in
00:07:33Ukraine, after several months of conflict between the United
00:07:36States, Israel and Iran, uh, somehow
00:07:40the talk is no longer about a local conflict. We don't even know what it is,
00:07:46step away from an agreement, one step away from peace, and then
00:07:49escalations follow again, can this escalate into
00:07:52a global security
00:07:55crisis? No, for a very simple reason, the whole system
00:07:59has entered a sphere where two options have clearly
00:08:03positioned themselves, Iran is just a battlefield where the conflict
00:08:06between China and the United States,
00:08:10Israel on the other side, is now taking place. What
00:08:13I got from some intelligence sources
00:08:17outside is that in the last attempts
00:08:20of American planes to attack, there were
00:08:23losses that were not planned, because it
00:08:26turned out that China delivered to Iran
00:08:29via Pakistan a certain number
00:08:31of anti-aircraft systems that neutralized
00:08:34American planes that were thought to be unshootable,
00:08:37at the same time a significant number of their...
00:08:40unmanned aerial vehicles that are very expensive and that
00:08:44had an observation function were
00:08:48also neutralized, at this moment any attempt
00:08:50of combat action by the United States with more modern
00:08:54weapons, we immediately say Americans have more modern weapons that they did not use
00:08:57in Iran would
00:09:00be to the benefit of China, meaning at
00:09:04this moment that balance has been established,
00:09:08we should not forget that 80% of exports
00:09:11from Iran... is to China
00:09:14and China is directly involved,
00:09:18we had the opportunity to hear yesterday, right, the statement
00:09:21of Xi, that he said he would react if
00:09:25China's interests were threatened because of these
00:09:28economic measures initiated by Trump, therefore, it is a conflict
00:09:31now between two superpowers that will not lead
00:09:35to a global conflict, but a balance of power with
00:09:38the aim of them now establishing
00:09:41their zones. of influence, yes, but an established balance does not mean
00:09:45established peace, how much is this area actually, Iran is a victim,
00:09:48there is no dilemma there, and another
00:09:52crucial thing that everyone forgets, Iran has
00:09:55a huge problem besides the war problem, water, given
00:09:59these climate changes that are now present on
00:10:02almost the entire globe, the problem
00:10:06of water supply for ordinary people in Iran is becoming
00:10:09a critical point that, in addition to the military segment, will directly
00:10:13influence, will probably directly influence the making of some decisions
00:10:16you have the opportunity to clearly see that the president
00:10:19of Iran wants to conclude an agreement,
00:10:23but paramilitary forces... from the Revolutionary Guard
00:10:26practically do not want that, because they are fighting for
00:10:29the takeover of power that resulted from the neutralization of key people
00:10:33of Iran by the forces
00:10:35of Israel, therefore a certain
00:10:39period must pass there until a balance of power is established first in
00:10:43Israel so that then simultaneously
00:10:45in Iran, excuse me, so that
00:10:48then it would be possible to rationally discuss with the United States,
00:10:52how much is actually the Strait of Hormuz perhaps... a more valuable weapon in the hands
00:10:56of the Iranians at this moment than all the arsenal they
00:10:59possess? Look, the biggest mistake everywhere in
00:11:02the world is relying solely on one system of protection
00:11:05or or weapons for attack, that is just one important
00:11:09segment. Iran must
00:11:13develop missile weaponry to protect itself in
00:11:16the future from Israel, it will no longer be
00:11:20the superpower it once was having its, so
00:11:23to speak, paramilitary organizations in neighboring countries,
00:11:26it's not to say unfortunately but it's good that it was
00:11:30neutralized, right, because then
00:11:34peace is established in the zone of Syria, probably
00:11:37in the foreseeable future there will be stabilization in Lebanon, that country
00:11:41deserved to have peace, we see what
00:11:44is happening in Gaza, slight steps in
00:11:48improvement with the reaction of Hamas, right,
00:11:51we see that completely in Iraq where
00:11:55paramilitary forces that supported Iran
00:11:58dominated, they have curbed their aspirations, generally
00:12:02now Yemen and Iran remain
00:12:05for that system to stabilize, meaning it's a very
00:12:09complex system, but I think it's gradually moving towards that system
00:12:12stabilizing, with the suppression of conflicts primarily in Gaza and
00:12:16then later in Iran, somehow
00:12:20the war in Ukraine has fallen to the background, or even third, which is now in its
00:12:23fifth year. Actually, some analysts say that
00:12:27that conflict should enter a final phase, but based on
00:12:33indicators that the end
00:12:36is really near? The key factor is Putin, let's be
00:12:40clear, uh, President Trump has practically
00:12:44generally withdrawn from
00:12:47action in that zone, Putin will not
00:12:50stop until he creates the feeling that Donbas is
00:12:54his. under his control, I won't say under his control, at
00:12:58this moment it is not and probably in the foreseeable future it will not be, because
00:13:02Ukraine has taken its stand that
00:13:04they must withdraw, because they must
00:13:08withdraw, because the imbalance of forces is greatly
00:13:12in favor of Russia, right? They at
00:13:16this moment are going to inflict as much damage as possible on Russia's
00:13:19military force and at the same time inflict as much
00:13:23damage as possible on Russia's deep logistical system,
00:13:26that much can change the situation on the front,
00:13:30it can only do so at the moment when the assumptions are created
00:13:34that Donbas has become Russian, in the zone,
00:13:37or rather, in the zone of Russian influence, it will never be
00:13:40Russian in the legal sense, because Ukraine will never
00:13:44dare to accept it as such, because then it opens up
00:13:47the possibility for the activity of other countries in the region that would express
00:13:51their interests towards Ukraine and Europe will not
00:13:55accept it for the reason that similar movements will appear within
00:13:58Europe, meaning it will
00:14:01lead to the protection of, meaning there must be protection
00:14:05of people within
00:14:08Russia and a part of the protection of people
00:14:12within Ukraine who will accept certain
00:14:16conditions that at this moment I cannot
00:14:19, but judging by what you say,
00:14:22the end of the war is still far away, not far away. Of course, because it is still far from
00:14:26Russia conquering the entire Donbas. Yes, Russia
00:14:30is announcing a new mobilization, Ukrainians are indeed working
00:14:33on drone production, which seems to have become their main weapon at this
00:14:37moment, who currently shows greater ability for long-term warfare,
00:14:41who is actually closer to raising
00:14:45the white flag? Ukraine has succeeded in one fantastic thing, it
00:14:48has now formed military factories for drone production
00:14:52outside Ukraine. "in several
00:14:56countries, Netherlands, France, Germany and so on,
00:14:59and with that it has mastered another fantastic
00:15:03thing, a fantastic thing is drone versus
00:15:07drone combat and Ukraine is now doing that and it is something that,
00:15:11for example, has proven to be extremely critical in the Middle
00:15:13East, and now many countries, especially the United States and some
00:15:17other European countries are working on the development of the so-called system
00:15:20of early detection of drone movement
00:15:23and under..." the launch of small swarms of drones
00:15:27that are guided by artificial intelligence in terms of
00:15:30determining the change of their direction depending on the information
00:15:33they receive from sensors and interception.
00:15:37of drones, kamikaze drones in the air before they reach
00:15:41the target zone. That's the key now. Yes, you mentioned
00:15:45Trump, just now, how actually, uh, with his
00:15:47return to the head of the United States,
00:15:50Washington moved away from the conflict between Ukraine and
00:15:54Russia. Uh, Trump also announced a withdrawal from the
00:15:58NATO Alliance. That didn't happen completely, but that
00:16:01disinterest of the United States is visible. It somehow seems that they have
00:16:04left it to the European countries. Uh,
00:16:08what will NATO be like if the United States really
00:16:12turns its back on that alliance, can Europe, or rather
00:16:15European NATO members preserve the alliance in
00:16:18its capacity as it was until now? Look,
00:16:22the United States will not leave NATO, not because
00:16:26they might not want to due to reduced engagement
00:16:29of their military forces and financial resources. You forgot
00:16:33one critical point that is appearing on
00:16:35the horizon.
00:16:37The global, so to speak, war crisis
00:16:41is the north, meaning
00:16:44climate changes are occurring, glaciers are melting,
00:16:47a passable route is forming, so to speak,
00:16:51for movement from the Pacific
00:16:54to the Atlantic Ocean over the North
00:16:58Pole, that area is, and with that Canada
00:17:01and Alaska are directly threatened,
00:17:04i.e. the key , so to speak, zones
00:17:08of interest of the United States,
00:17:11that's why they need Finland, that's why they need Norway, Sweden,
00:17:14Denmark and so on, Greenland etc. At this
00:17:18moment, all we are seeing is a struggle for positions in terms of
00:17:22gaining zones where new American forces will be installed
00:17:26with the aim of creating, as Mr.
00:17:29Putin, Mr. Trump
00:17:32says, his golden dome. Yes, finally I will
00:17:35ask you one more thing, is it that...
00:17:37today a greater threat is actually a classic ground offensive or
00:17:41somewhere the power to paralyze the enemy's energy,
00:17:44logistics and communications with drones and missiles, even
00:17:48when the enemy is actually hundreds of kilometers away
00:17:52from the first concept, the so-called Fofa
00:17:562000 system, while it was still being developed in the Soviet
00:17:59Union, the United States and Europe were afraid
00:18:03that the Soviet army
00:18:05would advance through East Germany into... West Germany and reach the Atlantic Ocean
00:18:09and they calculated 100 km per day that Soviet
00:18:13tank units would reach the Atlantic Ocean
00:18:16very quickly in two to three days and then they
00:18:20created their so-called Fofa defense, deep
00:18:23action in the rear to concentrate
00:18:26Soviet Union forces and destroy those forces,
00:18:29destroy the logistical concept, that is the current situation
00:18:33that Ukraine is doing, so that is, so to speak.
00:18:37the key to future military conflicts, destroy the enemy before they even
00:18:41started, yes, but many, when the conflict in
00:18:44Ukraine started, actually predicted that Russia would very soon have
00:18:48to give up,
00:18:51both because of the economy and because of citizen pressure, and both
00:18:55have survived four years, you forget one
00:18:58thing, that the democratic system in the world has been completely disrupted,
00:19:02a system that was based on clear rules
00:19:05of conduct for states in crisis situations, that's what
00:19:09Putin did, that's what Trump did, right, now Xi is doing it,
00:19:12meaning we have three great powers,
00:19:15where we have three great leaders, great leaders who do not recognize
00:19:19democracy, do not recognize any laws, they make
00:19:23decisions on behalf of their states, in accordance with
00:19:26that we should accept that in the coming
00:19:30decades that are ahead of us, the system is disrupted and
00:19:33it still needs to be established, I want to ask you, will the system
00:19:37return to its original state after the departure of, say, rulers or
00:19:40do you expect that the next ones who replace them will not, I
00:19:44expect that in the United States that will happen, but Xi remains, Putin
00:19:48remains for surely another 10 years if God saves him,
00:19:52yes, biology will have its say, yes, thank you very much Mr. Zečević for
00:19:55being our guest and for talking about these topics, you're welcome, Merko Zečević, military
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00:22:04The political crisis in the Una-Sana Canton in recent weeks
00:22:07has attracted great attention from the BiH public. After the dismissal of the Una-Sana
00:22:10Canton government, the formation of a new majority, the dispute over
00:22:14procedures and the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
00:22:17temporarily halted the dismissal of the cantonal government. Mustafa Ružnić
00:22:21once again found himself in the focus of political events, whether it is a legitimate
00:22:25attempt to change power or a violation of constitutional procedures, what
00:22:28consequences the crisis leaves on institutions and citizens, and what follows after the decision
00:22:32of the Constitutional Court, we are discussing this with the Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton,
00:22:36the aforementioned Mustafa Ružnić. Mr. Ružnić, good day and thank
00:22:39you for speaking for N1.
00:22:42Good day to you, good day to all our, your viewers and
00:22:45a big thank you for the invitation to be a guest. Let's try to
00:22:49explain what... has been happening in recent days in the Una-Sana Canton. The Constitutional Court
00:22:53of the Federation has temporarily suspended the decisions on the dismissal
00:22:56of the government. Do you believe that this confirms your view that
00:23:00procedures were actually violated during the takeover of power, or
00:23:03are you waiting for the final decision?
00:23:06Well, first of all, I must say that an unprecedented shame happened in the Una-Sana
00:23:10Canton, an unprecedented shame
00:23:12and betrayal of the Krajina and a violation
00:23:16of the Constitution. We were on the night of August
00:23:1910th to 11th, we had a session of the assembly
00:23:23when a new majority was reached, where we congratulated the new
00:23:27majority, uh, called on them to act purely
00:23:30constitutionally, to dismiss the government, to appoint a new
00:23:34government, however, when it came to invoking
00:23:37vital national interest, after voting by clubs of
00:23:41peoples, the dismissal of the government did not get the necessary majority,
00:23:45then what happened was a, I think, uh,
00:23:49a constitutional coup where the parliamentary majority,
00:23:51disrespecting the constitution, disrespecting the regulations, continued
00:23:55further, it adopted conclusions that derogated from the constitution and
00:23:58the rules of procedure of the assembly, mm it continued further with
00:24:02its work, contrary to what the constitution
00:24:06and institutions of this country mm, of course, reports to the Constitutional Court
00:24:09followed, the Constitutional Court accepted that it would
00:24:13discuss the merits of the vital national interest
00:24:16uh especially, and when it comes to appointment procedures.
00:24:20"The Constitutional Court has suspended the decisions, i.e., the implementation of those
00:24:23decisions and the decisions on dismissal, and the decisions on the appointment of all decisions made
00:24:27by the newly appointed government,
00:24:31so our warning about the violation
00:24:34of the constitution, we respect every majority, meaning even though
00:24:37that day, it was clear that that new majority was not very stable,
00:24:41they have big problems within themselves, that was shown in these ten
00:24:45days, but that night they were in a great
00:24:48hurry, and in that hurry exactly the violations
00:24:52of the constitution happened, and that is what the Constitutional Court confirmed, that we acted
00:24:55correctly, that the new parliamentary majority claims to have legitimacy because
00:24:59it gathers a sufficient number of representatives, so is
00:25:02the problem exclusively procedural or do you believe that
00:25:06there are other reasons behind it, including political
00:25:09trade-offs?
00:25:11Well, look, uh, that new majority, as they themselves
00:25:15characterized themselves, a majority or a coalition of desperate people
00:25:18precisely... "speaks to their strength, precisely speaks to their
00:25:22way of acting, how they
00:25:26want to come to power, well, the very
00:25:29image, uh, of violating the constitution and procedures
00:25:32and solving certain issues by force,
00:25:35that alone speaks volumes about the political capacity in question
00:25:39and the Constitutional Court best commented on that
00:25:42and what received great, great
00:25:45public criticism for such a political collapse that
00:25:49happened." to those political parties that are within
00:25:52that uh new coalition of desperadoes, you say
00:25:55a coalition of desperadoes, what exactly do you blame the parties
00:25:59for who tried to form a new government of the Unsko-Sanski Canton.
00:26:03why such a name? well,
00:26:05if I say at the very beginning, if I just say at the very beginning,
00:26:08that means uh, we clearly said, that means you come
00:26:12to power with a coalition of 16
00:26:15hands and more, whoever has 16 hands
00:26:18can uh appoint, dismiss the old government, appoint the government
00:26:22according to the prescribed procedures and we clearly
00:26:25said that, here you go, you have a new coalition majority,
00:26:29how strong it is or how not, that will be seen and... at this moment
00:26:33you have 16 hands, here you go, of course,
00:26:36precisely that their strength was reflected in
00:26:39that readiness, in that bloodthirsty desire for power
00:26:43that they are ready to violate the constitution to come
00:26:46to come to to to to power, of course there
00:26:49are uh several dissatisfied representatives who
00:26:53were not on the lists, uh
00:26:56the very parties that represent the majority have
00:27:00dissatisfaction within their clubs.
00:27:03and so that majority of 16 showed
00:27:05precisely uh its true picture that
00:27:09it is actually as they themselves characterized it, that they are
00:27:13a coalition of desperadoes who were ready to inflict a great
00:27:17shame that just these month days or how many days we have ten
00:27:20days until the start of the election campaign, another ugly
00:27:24image from the Unsko-Sanski Canton is sent, no one deserves that, neither
00:27:27our citizens nor our region nor our canton such
00:27:31a behavior. behavior, do you expect
00:27:34that the final decision of the Constitutional Court will fully actually
00:27:37confirm the legality of your government's work or do you even leave
00:27:40the possibility of a different
00:27:42outcome?
00:27:45well, as for the Constitutional Court, it clearly stated
00:27:48that we acted correctly, it says
00:27:52that the Constitutional Court ordered uh that
00:27:55the decisions of the assembly not be applied, and the very
00:27:58statement of the Constitutional Court when it comes to vital national interest, I do not...
00:28:02I do not want to prejudge the court's decisions, we
00:28:06clearly know what we pointed out, how
00:28:09and in what way uh there was a withdrawal of vital national interest
00:28:13and what is requested from the Constitutional Court and we will certainly
00:28:16respect the final decision and if this decision had been different,
00:28:20meaning if they had said that they were right, that they did not violate
00:28:23the procedures, we would have respected that, thanked them,
00:28:26but we clearly knew that on that night
00:28:29from the 10th to the 11th of August uh... they went by force to
00:28:33take over power and to make a constitutional coup just to get
00:28:37to the armchairs, exactly what happened happened, their
00:28:41armchairs remained empty and their reputation remained tarnished forever,
00:28:44yes, but what about the citizens? the citizens had a situation for several days
00:28:47which the media described as the existence of two
00:28:51governments in the canton, how much did such a crisis
00:28:54jeopardize the functioning of institutions, and then the trust of citizens
00:28:57after all, to
00:29:00say, we immediately uh a good part... of the work we did in the first 10
00:29:03days of August of current obligations we
00:29:06solved, these ten days while it was not functioning,
00:29:10that, mm, it was felt, yes, towards
00:29:13budget users, but already yesterday after
00:29:16taking over, we started working, today we held the first government
00:29:20sessions, we have already launched certain incentive programs, we have already
00:29:23launched certain funds towards municipalities and cities, we have already
00:29:27launched funds when it comes to civil protection and damages to the municipality of Sanski
00:29:30Most, so that... "we continue to work at full capacity,
00:29:34let me say we have quite
00:29:37balanced that situation that was in that
00:29:41kind of vacuum for about ten days, although
00:29:45uh the old government in an attempt
00:29:48had a decision from the assembly that they were uh elected
00:29:52even though they went with reports and with uh to
00:29:56to the bank when it comes to the bank and depositing card card
00:29:59deposited signatures and they went to the tax office and so
00:30:03on, but the Constitutional Court annulled
00:30:06all that and it's starting from scratch, so here we
00:30:10continued working, so here our budget, do you mean to say that everything that
00:30:14the previous government did for 10 days or however long it was in
00:30:17power uh was not legal or rather
00:30:20does not have uh legal weight, does not have legal
00:30:24support, that's right, that's what uh the operative part of
00:30:27the court's decision stated which explicitly ordered that the decisions
00:30:31that were made at the assembly.
00:30:33uh on the 9th uh 10th to the 9th uh 10th to
00:30:37the 11th uh of August uh cannot
00:30:41uh be applied and all decisions that arose from those
00:30:44decisions cannot be applied, so we had a full day
00:30:48of work yesterday, all these days that happened, certain decisions
00:30:52by departments, by ministries, we had to
00:30:54list all those decisions and declare them null and void,
00:30:58Mr. Ružnić, how much...
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