Several hundred protesters gathered in Zenica Friday following the apprehension of the Zenica Mayor, Fuad Kasumovic, and five others suspected of abuse of office, causing bankruptcy, and damaging creditors. Among them was Fahrudin Radoncic, the leader of the Alliance for the Better Future (SBB).

“Your mayor is our mayor. They did not arrest him because he is guilty, but to divert attention from their robbery. I'll tell you what they're up to – the same thing they did to me. They send you 50 special forces, put a long barrel in front of your child’s face, take you like a dog on chains from the court to the prosecutor's office, organize a media lynching and want to destroy you,” said Fahrudin Radoncic to those gathered at the protest in support of Fuad Kasumovic.

Protest podrške gradonačelniku Zenice. Sa bine upućeno pitanje : Zašto se na dan Oružanih snaga hapsio Zlatni ljiljan?. @N1infoSA pic.twitter.com/SVsWZy8zlj

— Rasim Pavica (@RPavica) December 3, 2021

The reason for the arrest was, according to Radoncic, to prevent them from voting for Kasumovic, accusing the Democratic Action Party (SDA) of running over 200 mock trials, one of which is the case of Fuad Kasumovic who, in Radoncic’s opinion, is innocent.

Okupljenima u Zenici na protestu podrške obratila se zastupnica u Skupštini ZDK Sanja Remić. : “Mi smo se borili za ovu zemlju , i želimo da nam djeca ostanu.” @N1infoSA pic.twitter.com/zpy5HORS6y

— Rasim Pavica (@RPavica) December 3, 2021

“What you are doing today is not a pressure on the judiciary, this is a pressure to make us all be equal. We should respect the law and the institutions, and he (Kasumovic) will return stronger, more authoritative and more powerful,” the SBB leader said.

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