SDA continues as before after the 'Asim' affair: Head of the Personnel Committee Kahriman, Izetbegović is vice-president

By Amra Vrabac

The entire process of electing the president of the Cantonal Board of SDA Sarajevo is compromised. I think that after that recording, other people should be expelled, not me and Semir Efendić, Aljoša Čampara said on Friday evening on Face TV. Čampara is one of the first people from the top of SDA (member of the Presidency of SDA) who condemned the scandalous recording and demanded that the elections for the head of the Cantonal Board of SDA Sarajevo be repeated, and that the party bodies consider Semir Efendić's appeal and make a decision on it.

He also requested the introduction of a Provisional Authority in the Cantonal Board of SDA Sarajevo and the replacement of two ministers mentioned in the recording. However, instead of the SDA leadership repeating the elections, which would have been the only correct solution at this moment, they proceeded with the election of the Personnel Committee of SDA Sarajevo. As reported by the portal Klix, the president is Sedin Kahriman, director of BH Telecom and close to Asim Sarajlić, the main actor in the recording, after which he resigned from his party positions. This election will only show what everyone already knew. Sarajlić has formally "stepped aside", while with the approval of Bakir Izetbegović, he will obviously remain the main personnel manager of SDA.

To make matters even more interesting, Sebija Izetbegović was elected vice-president, who is also the vice-president of the Cantonal Board of SDA Sarajevo, headed by Fikret Prevljak. The Personnel Committee of SDA also includes Mahir Dević and Mirza Čelik, as well as the secretary of the Cantonal Board of SDA, Hazim Bahtanović. Dević and Čelik, it can be interpreted, were rewarded for their diligence in overthrowing the KS Government, and Bahtanović is one of the names Sarajlić mentions in the recording.

According to the scenario heard in the recording, Hazim was supposed to send a picture of an already circled ballot.
Sarajlić: "I will see to it that you, Hazim, take a picture and send you a circled ballot".
Šehović: "Will Hazim be exposed to anyone?"
Sarajlić: "No, Hazim is mine. He will take a picture of a circled ballot and send it to Traka's mobile phone."

Several of the same names were elected as vice-presidents of the Cantonal Board of SDA Sarajevo: Sebija Izetbegović, Mahir Dević, and Hazim Bahtanović, as well as Eldar Čomor, Jasmina Biščević-Tokić, and Miralem Šurković.

In this way, Čampara and a few like-minded individuals may find themselves alone in their attempt to reform SDA from within. During his appearance on Face TV, Čampara warned that citizens would punish such behavior of SDA in October if things do not start to be corrected. Among other things, he criticized some of Sebija Izetbegović's actions as head of KCUS, such as the departure of doctor Ismet Gavrankapetanović and the ban on treatment for the girl Nadin Smajlović.

Čampara did not have to wait long for a response. The elections for the head of the Personnel Committee of SDA Sarajevo are proof that there is nothing controversial for the president of SDA in the recording that was published and which shows how elections are conducted within SDA.