The pace has quickened for Mirsad as the presidential election in Bosnia and Herzegovina is only two months away. There really is no such thing as a typical day other than they are long. Depending on what part of the country Mirsad is canvassing and the towns or cities he might be visiting, the days can start at seven or eight in the morning and not end until well into the wee hours the following morning, leaving little time for sleep before hitting the campaign trail once again. These appearances include town hall meetings, talks to IT industry professionals, addressing students and professors at area universities and informal meet and greets at local cafe’s throughout the country as he listens to the concerns of the local citizens and shares his vision for the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I spoke with Mirsad during a short break from campaigning all day and getting ready for his first town hall meeting in Sarajevo that same evening. Earlier in the day he was one of two keynote speakers at an IT technological and entrepreneurial related conference in Tuzla, the third-largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, as he explains, you would never know it from the national media coverage of the event. He took the time to share with me the ongoing obstacles presented by the national media and the other hurdles he encounters across the country on a daily basis
Mirsad Hadžikadić: Razmišljanja s predizborne kampanje u Bosni i Hercegovini
Mirsadov tempo je sada ubrzan jer su predsjednički izbori u Bosni i Hercegovini za samo dva mjeseca. Tipičan dan zaista ne postoji, osim što su svi dani dugi. Zavisno od toga koji dio zemlje ili koje gradove Mirsad posjećuje, dan može početi u sedam ili osam ujutro i završiti tek u sitne sate sljedećeg jutra, ostavivši vrlo malo vremena za spavanje prije nastavka aktivnosti predizborne kampanje. Ovi nastupi uključuju javne tribine, razgovore sa stručnjacima iz IT industrije, obraćanje studentima i profesorima na univerzitetima u regiji, neformalne sastanke u lokalnim kafićima širom zemlje dok sluša o brigama građana i govori o svojoj viziji budućnosti Bosne i Hercegovini. Razgovarao sam s Mirsadom tokom kratke pauze od kampanje i priprema za prvu javnu tribinu u Sarajevu iste večeri. Ranije tog dana bio je jedan od dva glavna govornika na konferenciji na temu IT tehnologija i preduzetništva u Tuzli, trećem po veličini gradu u Bosni i Hercegovini. Međutim, kako objašnjava, to nikada ne biste saznali iz izvještaja državnih medija o tom događaju. Sa mnom je razgovarao o stalnim preprekama koje predstavljaju državni mediji kao i o drugim preprekama s kojima se svakodnevno susreće širom zemlje.
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