The minister is indirectly involved

In VREME's issue of July 5 of this year, as part of an extensive interview with the vice president of the federal government, Danko Djunic, a special section was dedicated to this humble author ("Tirnanic, Partizan, Djunic"), i.e. to a comment I had made on account of the news (also launched in VREME) on the privatization of the Partizan football team, and published in the Dnevni Telegraf daily. I would be very grateful if you would publish a few additional notes with regards to this topic.

1) An unusually speedy reaction (around six hours) to my article demonstrates the close connections which your journalist, i.e. editorial office, has with vice president Djunic , i.e. with the federal government, which is something akin to a novelty in VREME's editorial policy, and as such is worth stressing.

2) Although utterly going overboard with the compliments he had showered me with, minister Djunic still deserves acknowledgment for the high level of civilization expressed in his denial, thereby demonstrating that even in this environment, people can have different opinions without resorting to "base tactics" (swearing and similar), as usually happens in our public debates.

3) Denying my claim about his connections with the firm Deloitte & Touche, Vice President Djunic used the strongest possible argument - his word. A little scrap of paper would have been more in keeping with the insignificance of the entire dispute. However, if Djunic deems that his word is a worthy stake (denial), I have no reason not to accept it. I will be sorry to see that such a strong currency was wasted.

4) Finally, I am maniacal, but - if such a thing can be said - an evolutionary Zvezda fan as well: I have stopped hating Partizan a long time ago. I am not disgusted with privatization either. Knowing me from the football stadium, Danko Djunic shouldn't have forgotten that fact. Which is why his irony ("I'm glad we stared that process before Zvezda") while commenting the reason which induced my comment (I was irritated by it, an emotion which always accompanies any successful move made by Partizan and was therefore "shooting off") misses the target: namely, that proves that Danko Djunic, as the vice president of the federal government, is at least indirectly connected with the business transaction of privatizing the Partizan football club.