The questioning of Hasan Ganibegović, the former head of the Office of the Prime Minister Fadil Novalić, has ended in the trial of Fadil Novalić and the other indictees in the "Ventilators" affair.
Right at the beginning, and before the questioning of this witness, the lawyer Vasvija Vidović, who represents Novalić, told the Trial Chamber that her computer was hacked last night and that all the documentation collected for 10 years was destroyed. She later told reporters that she could not connect it with certainty to this case, nor to any other. She reported the case to the Federal Police Administration (FPA).
Answering the questions of Vasvija Vidović, Hasan Ganibegović said that the letters of intent to China for the purchase of ventilators were written by the technical secretary Bahra Džaka. In the first letter of intent dated April 2, 2020, Džaka used a facsimile of the signature of the FB&H Prime Minister.
HCVE003 type ventilators were listed in that letter. The second letter of intent dated April 4, 2020, in which the purchase of 100 ACM812 ventilators was stated, was signed by the Prime Minister of FB&H, Fadil Novalić.
Ganibegović confirmed that the second letter of intent was indeed signed by Prime Minister Novalić.
There were many questions for Ganibegović and about the viber group "Gensek".
Ganibegović also later said that in a conversation with Bahra Džaka and Prime Minister Novalić, he said that there were no offers other than "Silver Raspberry" for the purchase of such a large number of ventilators.
As Ganibegović claimed that he was questioned in the Prosecutor's Office under great pressure, the questions of Prosecutor Mirza Hukljić followed in that direction, who explained that the questions were directed because the witness questioned the veracity of his allegations in the investigation, on which, among other things, the indictment is based.
Judge Branko Perić suddenly joined in and said the prosecutor was exhausting the witness.
- Did the witness confirm the allegations in the indictment? Of course not. Now you are exhausting the witness to get the answers you want - said Perić.
Prosecutor Hukeljić said that he would stop questioning the witness because "after such a statement by the judge, it makes no sense."
The next hearing is scheduled for October 20, when Edita Kalajdžić, Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister of the FB&H, will be questioned.
