He was selected because "he is a statesman without a war history, has a positive engagement in relations with the countries of former Yugoslavia and has a policy of reconciliation and tolerance", says Zeljko Kopanja, the newspaper's founder and director.
Izabran je zato što je „državnik bez ratne prošlosti, sa pozitivnim angažovanjem u odnosima sa zemlje bivše Jugoslavije i zato što vodi politiku pomirenja i tolerancije“, kaže Željko Kopanja, osnivač i direktor Nezavisnih novina.