Džemala Bijedića treba kazniti’’ Pokušaj političke diskreditacije Džemala Bijedića 1962. godine

During 1962 a segment of the governing Bosnian-Herzegovinian elite initiated an action to politically and morally discredit Džemal Bijedić, who had performed the duty of federal secretary of the Federal Executive Council for legislation and organization since 1960, and who was after that the federal secretary for work. This political rise of Bijedić did not suit everyone so the attempt to politically discredit him was justified by his alleged localist actions and favouring of the development of Mostar to other parts of Herzegovina. This was, however, a clear political construction. Even though it was discussed in which way to punish Džemal Bijedić on several meetings of the Executive committee of the Central committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he survived this attempt to discredit him. The preserved documents show that Bijedić, which was completely unusual in the practice of the communist movement in those times, refused to accept the blame that his political adversaries unjustifiably tried to impose on him. In this way he managed to survive this constructed political affair, but he soon returned from Belgrade to Sarajevo. It proved that this return was a good preparation for Bijedić’s new flight to the function of federal prime minister in 1971.