Čaušević revealed big fish from SDA

Kemal Čaušević, former director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH, was merely a tool in the hands of political power brokers who used him for dirty business and personal financial gain, writes the BiH news agency Patria.

All those involved in any way in the case of the largest post-war corruption and crime, in which the budget of BiH was damaged by two billion KM, and tens of millions ended up in private pockets of individuals, certainly do not have peaceful sleep awaiting the indictment.

It is indicative that from the moment Patria started publishing the names of high-ranking officials of HDZ BiH and SNSD, a story simultaneously started, precisely from the media directly controlled by Dragan Čović, candidate of HDZBiH for the Croatian member of the Presidency of BiH, claiming it was another fabrication and abuse by the BiH judiciary to put Serb and Croat cadres in the dock.

This orchestrated media campaign, aimed at condemning the "Čaušević" case to failure in advance, in order to prevent the exposure of systemic corruption and the nexus of power and crime, is only proof of all previous claims about the existence of an agreement between Čović and Milorad Dodik, not only political but also the much more dangerous – illegal – criminal one.

Another detail "catches the eye", and that is that apart from Čović's media protectors, none of those mentioned so far in the articles published by Patria have used their media to potentially clear themselves of involvement in the "Čaušević" case.

However, the story that by mentioning the name of the SDA president Sulejman Tihić in the only statement Čaušević gave during his arrest, they are trying to weaken his influence in this party, and that through this case they are trying to discredit cadres loyal to Tihić, makes no sense.

This construction might make sense if the people Čaušević named in his statement were truly loyal to the SDA president, who has been battling a serious illness for years and is currently in a critical condition and unable to communicate with his surroundings. All those Čaušević has accused, it is presumed, will try to blame Tihić when the indictment is filed and the court proceedings begin, but if his statement is to be believed, it will be difficult for them to prove that they were not involved in the affair of the century as independent actors.

Among the most frequently mentioned is the long-time deputy president of SDA and former chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH, Adnan Terzić. According to unofficial information obtained by Patria, he often called Čaušević to mediate in certain cases of customs clearance for certain businessmen, or took him to Dragan Čović in Mostar, where the HDZBiH president persuaded him to buy the Sokol building for the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH at a price far higher than estimated by the court expert.

Terzić was also mentioned in the context of the story about Sarajevo businessman Selver Oruč, for whom, as Čaušević stated, a deal was made to issue certificates of BiH origin for refrigerators worth 4 million KM, even though the goods were not produced in our country at all. Čaušević held a meeting on this topic with Oruč's sister and the director of the company "Bira" Bihać, Faruk Hadžipašić.

The name of Sadik Ahmetović, who abruptly changed his allegiance and placed himself under Bakir Izetbegović's wing during the formation of candidate lists, was also mentioned by the former director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH. Allegedly, after a meeting in Žepa where Tihić and Milorad Dodik, SNSD candidate for the president of RS, were supposed to meet, Ahmetović secured the position of Minister of Security of BiH for himself.

Tihić refused to attend that meeting, but Ahmetović gladly accepted the offer. Then, according to Čaušević's statement, Dodik told him that he would remain in the position of director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH, but it turned out that after that meeting, the only one who advanced was Ahmetović. After his appointment, Ahmetović began to pressure Čaušević, demanding that he hire Bosniaks from Srebrenica at the Indirect Taxation Authority.

In his statement, the former director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH stated, among other things, that he believed he should help the people of Srebrenica, but that Ahmetović sent him suspicious individuals, of semi-criminal appearance, extremely well-off, and who had severed all ties with Srebrenica, meaning they no longer lived there. Čaušević hired about ten such individuals, but soon began to dismiss them, which angered Ahmetović, who began to slander him within SDA and beyond.

Čaušević also mentioned in certain contexts the names of Fuad Kasumović, Amir Zukić and Nedžad Branković, Anes Sadiković, Hajrudin Lagumdžija, Adnan Kulenović, Šemsudin Mehmedović....

DETAILS ABOUT ĆAVAR AND MEHMEDOVIĆ TO FOLLOW

Due to the enormous interest in the articles about the "Čaušević" case published by Patria, which are closely followed and clumsily attempted to be dismantled by media under the influence of political power brokers, we will continue to publish details from the statement of the former director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH. Among other things, about the deceased Želimir Rebac, who committed suicide in Mostar, and the role of the Deputy Minister of Security of BiH, Mladen Ćavar, in the dismantling of the Indirect Taxation Authority under the orders of the Serbian intelligence service BIA and Šemsudin Mehmedović, a state representative.

ZUKIĆ WAS TAKING RACKET MONEY FOR SDA

Amir Zukić, general secretary of SDA, and candidate for the Federal Parliament (who, by flattering Izetbegović, secured a place on the compensatory list, and thus a guaranteed mandate as a representative), was named by Čaušević in his statement as the person who was supposed to take money from him for the party, in order to keep his position as director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH.

Zukić explained to Čaušević that he should give 300,000 KM for SDA, and that he was telling him this as a friend, not as someone involved in an illegal business. The former director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH also said that he knew that Ramiz Džaferović had paid for the position of director of the Development Bank of FBiH in the same way, but with half the amount.

CRNALIĆ: THE NEXT PHASE IS FILING THE INDICTMENT

Kemal Čaušević's lawyer, Asim Crnalić, briefly stated for Patria that the next phase is filing the indictment. The investigation in this case, Crnalić explained, should be completed within six months, which is the legal deadline, after which the BiH Prosecutor's Office will take action.