To those who lead us: In BiH, everything is a lie except death!

By Amina Čorbo-Zećo

Dino Merlin sang the greatest truth that all residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina are now living – everything is a lie except death!

This could be described in one sentence about the state of the nation. Those who have been doing this for years are serving it to us – they are lying to us!

The government, or rather the crisis headquarters, claims we have equipment, while doctors, police officers, firefighters, and utility workers claim – we don't have equipment!

They lie to us in elections, that's how they come to power, they lie to us in governments, they lie to us in all sectors, they lie to us in tenders, public procurements, because they don't know any other way. Now, more vividly than ever, we see how a lie told multiple times becomes the truth. They have almost convinced us that there is no need to get tested, even though the World Health Organization appeals otherwise.

“We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test. Test everyone who is suspected of having COVID19,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebrejesus, Director-General of the WHO.

Adem Zalihić, director of Sarajevo Emergency Medical Service, tells us that we haven't understood it correctly. In his explanation, he went a step further and followed in the footsteps of his political mentors – with lies – “I have never experienced anyone from our services telling someone they shouldn't be tested.”

That's a harsh word – but it's a lie! Dozens of people have received information that they should not be tested, but only self-isolate, even though the World Health Organization says self-isolation is not the only solution.

Goran Čerkez, Assistant Minister of Health and a member of the Crisis Headquarters, also assures us that there should be no mass testing, but only as the experts say. Which experts? Those who, unfortunately, have long been in clinics worldwide, those who have been ostracized, only sycophants are talking today!

“We are concerned about the number of tests and who should be tested, and you are concerned about the implementation of measures, stay home!” is one of Čerkez's posts.

Fahrudin Solak also shares the opinion that one should not be tested without the opinion of an epidemiologist, and he said that he himself has not been tested, because what's the point of a test when there is no cure!!!

And we still haven't found out how many tests we have! They say we have enough, and then they say 1,500 arrived today, and another 20,000 will arrive by next week. They are deceiving us with talk, and the latest advice is not to read too much about the coronavirus!?

To ask questions as a journalist, you must be part of special groups. They don't read questions because they obviously don't like them. And that's okay. We just need to know that even in this chaos, politics is above everything, even above the truth.

You announce with almost joy that the patient from Bihać who died tested negative for coronavirus, and you failed to explain to us how it is that a man in the greatest agony was not visited by a doctor!

Why wasn't he tested for coronavirus during his lifetime?

You won't ask that publicly, but Solak will tell us about the application. You don't want to answer us according to which doctrine testing is done and why you don't follow the instructions of the World Health Organization, which reiterated today that the key to fighting the pandemic is testing?

How is it possible that there isn't a single test in Goražde, how and when is aid intended to be delivered to hospitals, especially to Livno, from where an alarming appeal was sent?

Do we have any indication when and how many ventilators will arrive in BiH? Do we have a clear picture now of how many clusters we have in BiH?

None of these questions have been delegated, but Solak told us about the application instead. Imagine FUCZ devised an application!

Don't lie to us anymore, tell us the truth, no matter how difficult it may be.

We can find an example in the RS, Minister Alen Šeranić is very diligent there – he addresses the public twice a day, and the information is much clearer and more precise. Read again, minister. Not a hospital director or clinical center director, but a minister. Here in the Federation, one director still calls the shots.

The hypocrisy of political leaders is also reflected in the renunciation of two-thirds of their salaries for the fight against the epidemic. In doing so, they show one hundred percent hypocrisy! Where are your funds, budgets, I mean budgets. Where did the budget for the current year come from in March!?

You have degraded the healthcare system to the lowest possible level and now you are offering us your thousand marks and expecting applause.

We don't need your money, we need the truth, your work, order, and discipline. If you don't know, ask. Forget your ego, lives are at stake, even Dodik has admitted we need unity, and he asked the state to help him bring back 24 young people from Italy.

Not 'SDA-style' unity, 'HDZ-style' solidarity, we need genuine care for every person, whoever they may be! Unfortunately, what we have now is hope and faith that we will not reach the only truth – death!