SDS MEMBER ELECTED AS SERB REPRESENTATIVE IN BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY

SARAJEVO, April 9 (Hina) - The House of Representatives of Bosnia- Herzegovina on Wednesday appointed Borislav Paravac the new Serb member of Bosnia's three-man Presidency. #L# Paravac was nominated by the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) after Mirko Sarovic, also an SDS member, had to step down due to a scandal involving the export of arms to Iraq. During the voting in the lower house of the Bosnian parliament, opposition deputies walked out in protest over Paravac's election or abstained from the voting. Immediately upon Paravac's nomination for Sarovic's successor in the state presidency, independent media started speculating about the new candidate's role in the war and war events in the central town of Doboj. It is well known that Paravac, as an SDS member, was the head of the municipal government in Doboj at the time local Serbs launched a campaign of persecution of local Croats and Muslims. Paravac is believed to be responsible for plunder, wrongdoing and abuse of office while he was a power-monger in Doboj. (hina) ms sb