For the last several weeks Mirsad and his campaign team have put in long and grueling days, holding town hall meetings in villages, towns and cities across the rolling landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina, sharing his vision of change for his native homeland. These gatherings were not considered official campaign stops in that Mirsad could not ask the prospective electorate for their vote come October 7. It was a time for sharing, vision and hope. However, on September 7th that all changed as it marked the official start of the presidential campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mirsad began the morning with a press conference to outline his platform of change, never forgetting the words of a dear friend who spoke with him about running for president in the Fall of 2017. His friend told him “there may not be another election within Bosnia as we know it because it will probably disintegrate.” Those words continue to be one of the driving forces for Mirsad as he embarks on his journey to become president. Coverage included a story from a web portal, Faktor.ba. The title of the story was, “From Today Starts the Truth!” From there it was off to Tuzla for his first official campaign rally, the site of his first town hall meeting not that many weeks ago. Sunny skies and temperatures in the ’80s greeted him and his campaign team. Over 200 people attended the rally at a historic theatre, eager to hear again or for the first time Mirsad’s message. He spoke, then took questions from the inquisitive electorate who had gathered. “It went well,” said Mirsad. It was then back on the road to his home base of Sarajevo, yet another long day that had once again turned into tomorrow.
Mirsad Hadžikadić zvanično otvara predsjedničku kampanju predizbornim skupom u Tuzli
Posljednjih nekoliko sedmica Mirsad i njegov tim za kampanju su naporno radili po cijele dane, održavajući gradske tribine u selima i gradovima diljem valovitog krajolika Bosne i Hercegovine, te dijeleći svoju viziju promjene za domovinu. Ova okupljanja nisu se smatrala zvaničnim dijelovima predizborne kampanje jer Mirsad nije mogao zatražiti od potencijalnog biračkog tijela da glasaju za njega 7. oktobra. Bilo je to vrijeme za zajedništvo, viziju i nadu. Međutim, 7. septembra se to sve promijenilo, jer tog dana je obilježen zvanični početak predsjedničke kampanje u Bosni i Hercegovini. Mirsad je jutro započeo konferencijom za štampu u kojoj je opisao svoju platformu za promjene, ni na trenutak ne zaboravivši riječi dragog prijatelja koji je s njim razgovarao o kandidaturi za predsjednika u jesen 2017. godine. Taj prijatelj mu je rekao „Možda neće biti još jedni izbori u Bosni kakvu poznajemo, jer će se ona vjerovatno raspasti.“ Te riječi su i dalje snaga koja pokreće Mirsada od kad se kandidovao za predsjednika. Izvještaji o ovome uključuju priču s web portala Faktor.ba. Naslov priče bio je: „Od danas počinje istina!“ Odatle je krenuo u Tuzlu na svoj prvi zvanični predizborni skup, na mjesto svoje prve javne tribine od prije nekoliko sedmica. Sunčano nebo i temperatura od preko 25 stepeni pozdravili su njega i njegov tim za kampanju. Preko 200 ljudi prisustvovalo je skupu u historijskom pozorištu, željni da po prvi put ili ponovo čuju Mirsadovu poruku. Prvo je održao govor, a zatim odgovarao na pitanja radoznalog biračkog tijela koje se tu okupilo. „Dobro je prošlo“, rekao je Mirsad. Potom se vratio kući u Sarajevo, te se tako još jedan u nizu dugih dana prelio u sljedeći.