Among those who addressed the attendees were the member of the BiH Presidency and President of the DF, Željko Komšić, and the candidate for his successor in the state Presidency, Slaven Kovačević.
The President of the DF, Željko Komšić, conveyed that being in power in BiH does not mean privileges and that it is not about having it easy, but about working responsibly and enduring, sometimes even at the cost of one's health.
"This is my fourth term in the BiH Presidency; I have spent most of my time defending this country, but we will not win from a defensive position. We are going to achieve victory and build something," stated Komšić.
He said that more than just a bare desire to be in power is needed; one must also be able to take hits.
He added that there are plenty of bad hosts who burden the state and squander the people's money, as well as bad and incompetent ministers and directors of public enterprises.
"We need to break the myth, spin, and lie about what we are fighting for—that it is a civic state where all people are equal, where the people of this country are at the center of the system. We have no issue with Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks, but we do have an issue with the fact that not everyone is equal. The Troika did not win; rather, foreigners brought them in to crush the idea of a civic state, but they failed. Today, in the DF, we have the strength and courage for better," concluded Komšić.
The candidate for the BiH Presidency, Slaven Kovačević, said that BiH is currently in danger of being governed by Andrej Plenković and official Zagreb through their outpost in Mostar, which operates under the name HDZ BiH.
He conveyed that Plenković's interference in the elections and support for the HDZ BiH candidate is an attack on the country's sovereignty, and neither the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the Troika are reacting to it. He believes that today, the Zagreb algorithm is on autopilot, "managing the servile politics of the Troika."
He asked whether such people should be entrusted with sovereignty and the numerous institutions managed by the Presidency, such as the Armed Forces of BiH.
"The Troika acts subserviently, which is why they will be fired in October. We will not send them to the stands; we will kick them out of the stadium," concluded Kovačević.
The General Secretary of the DF, Dženan Đonlagić, said that the FBiH Government, with its economic measures such as the non-working Sunday for traders, is diverting money to the Republika Srpska and fragmenting the country's economic space.
Therefore, Đonlagić says, they are intensively investing in roads in Herzegovina at the expense of citizens living in Tuzla and Krajina, who travel on catastrophic roads.
"This is a drugstore economy, where the only freebie was Denis Bećirović's vote for Borjana Krišto, which brought the state into problems," concluded Đonlagić.
The President of the DF Municipal Committee, Albin Zuhrić, said that "the Troika and their government are nothing but a group of fraudsters."
He said that two months ago, they submitted a fictitious resignation, yet they still come to work, receive salaries, have drivers, and use citizens' resources.
He conveyed that the SDP's slogan "Let the Day Dawn" brought media darkness to FTV and TVSA, and they pay the media to write favorably about them.
"Darkness has also covered the controversial contracts that are deep in the drawers, inaccessible to the public. That is why the city is dominated by garbage, snakes, and cockroaches, potholes on the roads, and general chaos caused by inaction and crime," he stated.
He concluded that "these are people who declaratively speak about morality but do nothing other than deceive, paying themselves hourly wages of 20,000 marks, staying in expensive hotels, and driving expensive cars—all on a salary of 4,000 marks."
Cantonal Representative Vedrana Vujović said that this government has betrayed the expectations of the citizens.
"The Troika has shown that it is incapable of change, and for their work, they deserve a clean slate," she emphasized.
She listed a series of failures during this term: the Canton owes almost a billion marks, contracts and reports on the work of public enterprises are hidden from the public, and the fight against pollution has remained a dead letter on paper.