„It is high time to stop the propaganda campaign against ‘Transparency International’ and allow independent judicial institutions to investigate any allegations in accordance with principles of due process and impartiality”, Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian said today after meeting with the acting Chief Prosecutor of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office, Milorad Barasin.
During the meeting, PDHR handed over to the acting Chief Prosecutor a letter received on 6 February, describing a detailed plan for discrediting ‘Transparency International BiH’. At the time, this information seemed ludicrous. However, last week’s events have shown that the described plan is in fact being carried out.
As the letter was received anonymously, it could not be acted upon until the author revealed himself. Now that Mr Dragomir Babic has come out as its author, PDHR has decided to hand the letter over to the State Prosecutor as possible evidence.
The acting Chief Prosecutor stressed that the BiH’s Prosecutor’s Office received neither a report of criminal acts nor any witness statements alleging racketeering by representatives of ‘Transparency International’. “Should we receive any such report from the RS police, we will act in line with the law, as we do in other cases”, the acting Chief Prosecutor said.