Today, the Court of B&H reacted to the text published on the "Dnevni avaz" portal, "Debevec lied to the public, Perić did not sign the letter of support".

The reaction from this judicial institution states that "the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not announce that all judges signed the statement of January 15th, 2021."

For the purpose of properly informing the public, the Public Information Department of the Court denies this allegation, because nowhere in the announcement of the Court dated January 15th 2021. it does not say that "all" judges of the Court confirm with their own signatures the rejection of falsely attributed authorship - it is said in the reaction.

It is also pointed out that "it is completely distorted to attribute to the President of the Court a statement which clearly states in the introduction that it is published by "judges of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina" and distributed by the Court's Public Information Department".

He personally led the campaign

The name of Judge Perić just stands so that the public could conclude for themselves that not all judges signed - it is said in the reaction.

Instead of arguing with the President of the Court of B&H Ranko Debevac, who again deceives the public that the Information Department of the Court of B&H is independent of him, because it is clear that he himself, as President, directly manages that Department, a few simple facts should be pointed out:

Instead of possibly denying the allegations from the anonymous report against him in the first person, Mr. Debevec personally led the campaign for the judges to sign and make a public shield for his very controversial behavior.

From the statement given yesterday, on January 18th, by the Court of B&H, it is explicitly written that "the judges of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decisively reject the allegations from the anonymous so-called "open letter", which unequivocally suggests that all 50 judges did so.

Retroactive wit due to the discovery of "Avaz" and the recognition that Judge Branko Perić is not included in the qualification of "judge of the Court of B&H", best show the panic of Mr. Debevec who persistently wants to hide behind the collective, instead of explaining to the Disciplinary Prosecutor's Office what is untrue in an anonymous report against him.

After the open letter was first published yesterday by the „Patria“ portal, and then by many other portals, as well as the „Avaz“ portal, the general impression is that the letter revealing all the vices of the President of the Court of B&H was not written by journalists, but by someone from the judiciary community who have known him for much longer and closer than anyone in the media.

Today's statement by Judge Perić that he did not want to sign the letter and that "it is not the judges who should deal with it, but the competent institutions" best shows his public need to say that "not all judges" signed Ranko Debevac's blank defense.

After all, why would Judge Perić publicly explain that he is not a signatory, if everything was so clear, as Ranko Debevec claims today through his press department.

Unnecessary pressure on the wrong side

Considering that Mr. Debevec, ie his media department, ie the Public Information Department of the Court of B&H, is introducing someone's tendency to "demolish the Court of B&H", it should be precisely clarified that the only destroyer of the Court of B&H with his actions is exclusively the President of the Court. Mr. Debevec.

We understand Mr. Debevac's letter to "Avaz" as unnecessary pressure on the wrong side, ie the media, because it is obvious that by pressing "Dnevni avaz" he actually wants to discipline the judges of the Court of B&H, who obviously run out of patience and can no longer remain silent because of his unpublished abuses of office and an unworthy behaviour of President of the Court of B&H.

Finally, it is not clear why a man who should be an example of legality and precision is unable to interpret that there is only one Court statement on the "anonymous letter" from January 18th, and that nowhere on the Court's website is there a statement from B&H Court judges of 15th January dealing with allegations from an anonymous letter (an anonymous letter was published in the media on 18th of January). This only further speaks of the great nervousness and insecurity of the President of the Court of B&H, Ranko Debevec.