The Troika has brought Sarajevo's political scene to a complete political and intellectual collapse!

Written by: Muamer Bandić, representative in the Assembly of the Sarajevo Canton and member of the Presidency of SBiH

Ever since Zlatko Lagumdžija, in front of General Kukanjac, called himself a "passerby by chance," the political scene of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not witnessed greater misery and bitterness than the humble, inarticulate justification and apology of Nermin Nikšić to the real boss of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Troika, Dragan Čović.

And that condescending humility towards the political master was displayed publicly, in front of cameras. It vividly shows how great the "love" for chairs and budget squandering is among our overly clever and overly honest Troika members. And how much this clientelistic and, now it is completely clear, treacherous coalition has no principles, values, pride, honor, responsibility, and love for its country and the future of its own people, who serve them as a mere doormat, with which they wipe their feet and take votes.

I dare not even imagine how humbly Nermin Nikšić and his Troika members behave during closed sessions, where there are no cameras, and what kind of "concessions" they are ready to make, without thinking about their long-term consequences for the future of this country?

When to this crawling of Nikšić before Čović, we add the ANALytical wisdom of the Sarajevo professor, "intellectual" and "ANALyst" Enver Kazaz, about how it is time for the Troika to show "courage" and "write themselves into history," then we can truly conclude that the time has come, as the masters would say, to "turn off the electricity and roll up the cables." We can freely conclude that with the Troika, the Sarajevo political and intellectual scene has experienced a complete ethical and moral collapse!

We have the right to ask ourselves, if Kazaz had lived in the 1930s, would he have called with the same zeal to accommodate Hitler and the NSDAP, just as today he calls for the discriminatory and apartheid version of the Election Law, at any cost, to be given to the former labor renter from the concentration camp, Dragan Čović.

Terrible is the ease with which the less "intellectual" and more party "ANALyst" Kazaz has renounced ethics, morals, principles, European values, human rights, and whatnot?! And all this in one guest appearance, spitting in the face of the same Kazaz from a few years ago!

The only thing more terrifying than that is the ease with which Nermin Nikšić and the Troika hand over the future of our country and our people into the hands of the notorious fascist from Mostar. They did the same with partner Milorad after the elections, not thinking about the consequences, while considering themselves the smartest. And today we witness where that intelligence has led them, and all of us. In short, today they publicly kiss the robes of notorious fascists and propagate their grotesque ideas!

Today, thanks to the Troika, Sarajevo has become, to the regret of all of us who love this city, a mere kasaba, a province in the shadow of Banja Luka and Mostar. Nermin Nikšić has publicly shown us all that this is indeed how it works in political practice, and Enver Kazaz that the same situation exists on the ideological-intellectual level, while it has long been clear to all of us regarding the economy.

And I truly have nothing more to say, except to remind the overly brave and overly clever political partners of Dragan and Milorad, and the valiant "Sarajevo" ANALysts and "intellectuals" of the verses of Musa Ćazim Ćatić:

"How vile it is to be a sycophant
And kiss another's stinking feet!
How vile it is, begging, to shed tears,
So that another's robes dissolve in them -
How vile it is to be a sycophant!...

How low it is to lack self-respect
And in one's heart, pride and fire,
To eat bread soaked in another's sweat
Beside strong hands and gifted mind -
How low it is to lack self-respect!..."