For all your rhetoric, this is the portion of your statement which you've yet to back up.
I never asserted that "Izetbegovic broke election laws", but rather that Abdic stepped aside for reasons that have never been clear (although there were a lot allegations thrown around), even though Abdic got far more votes than Izetbegovic -- which by the way, your link nicely proves.
Even by your own numbers, Abdic won the most votes and Izetbegovic won the second most votes. When Abdic stepped aside, Izetbegovic became president. Based on your assertion, that would have been "just coincidence". But none of the other sources seem to infer that.
In any case, this thread is about Handke -- not Abdic or Izetbegovic, so feel free to answer another time Hoppie.
At that time, Alija knew he could not win if he ran so he used Fikret. When Fik won, Al blacklisted and used deadly threats against Fik.
For those of you, Fik was not an honest individual. He was on the same criminal devious plane as others; apart from his hostility towards Alija’s islamic declaration and he was sensible and smart enough to work with the Serbs and Croatians to forge a peaceful settlement/arrangement. To note, he was not a active Muslim nor cared for it.
He had many supporters in the region that rejected Alija's islamic declaration.
Those that remained in Sarajevo, were trapped and could not flee the city safely into the Serbian lines. That is one more long story Hop will refute "the majority of muslims wished to flee Alija's reverse (self)-siege." whew, long story.
That is a a good deal superior subject matter then the socialist Handke, boka. You want superior people to be championing in your corner/side then from the likes of Handke. Even if it means less coverage/publicity. But that is I and would not ever want a communist adherent in support of me, EVER!
Hoplite did you all a favor by redirecting the focus off subject to another FFZ. Abdic/Izzy is much simpler and more easily to yak up about.