Bakir in Kiseljak greets defenders of BiH, Srebrenica and Professor Izetbegović! (video)

At the SDA election rally held last night in Kiseljak, the candidate for the Bosniak member of the Presidency of BiH, Bakir Izetbegović, mentioned his own wife while greeting those present, placing her in the same category as the defenders of BiH and Srebrenica, writes the BiH news agency Patria.  

Also, he used the beginning of his address to list all the merits of the late Alija Izetbegović and Sulejman Tihić for strengthening the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the successes of the SDA during their presidencies. In his entire speech, the only thing he could "boast" about and attribute to himself as a political point was the Turkish loan for BiH. 

Furthermore, speaking about the late Tihić, Bakir Izetbegović confirmed that he had literally "written off" the SDA president a year ago, when he practically began the final struggle, started in 2009, to take over the position of the party's leader.  

Interestingly, until Tihić's death, Izetbegović did not mention all the merits that the SDA president had in terms of leading pro-Bosniak and statesmanlike policies, and now, after his death, he has apparently decided to secure votes and win over the faction in the SDA that opposes his policies by talking about Tihić's political engagement.

- Esteemed citizens of Kiseljak, my dear SDA members, esteemed colleagues from the SDA leadership, defenders of BiH and Srebrenica, dear and esteemed Professor Izetbegović, eselamu alejkum and good evening - said Izetbegović.

- Tonight, our late president Tihić is not with us. On this day a year ago, I replaced him for the first time in Brussels in the "Sejdić-Finci" negotiations, and he passed away slowly, so we have already gotten used to the fact that he is not with us, and we will miss him greatly - said Izetbegović.

- Holbrooke said about the late Alija Izetbegović that if he hadn't existed, BiH wouldn't have existed either. And I will tell you about the late president Tihić. The best period in the post-Dayton era, from 2002 to 2006, when we united the BiH Armed Forces, the intelligence service, the BiH Border Police, and created 61 institutions, would not have happened. They were chess grandmasters of politics from whom we learned and learned, thank God, and we can continue on their path - said Izetbegović, among other things.

You can watch the video clip from the rally in Kiseljak here

Izetbegović particularly referred to the past eight years, which he says were lost, forgetting that the SDA was in power all that time, and he was a member of the BiH Presidency for four years.