JELAVIC DEMANDS THIRD ENTITY THROUGH BOSNIAN INSTITUTIONS

MOSTAR, March 4 (Hina) - The president of the Croat National Congress of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ante Jelavic, on Monday said parties in the Congress would "ask for a more radical change of the structure of the state (BH) with a request for the establishment of a third federal unit." Jelavic said this at a session of the presidency of the Croat National Congress held on the occasion of the first anniversary of an interim Croat self-government. A year ago, the Croat National Congress, which gathers the Croatian Democratic Party (HDZ) and similar parties, at a session in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar adopted a platform for democratic and self sustained Bosnia-Herzegovina. In spring 2001, High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch relieved Jelavic of all ten offices and banned him from political activities. An investigation into Jelavic started before the Sarajevo County Court soon after he was charged with jeopardising Bosnia's territorial integrity. Jelavic said today the establishment of "the third federal unit" in Bosnia would be requested "institutionally", that is, through the parliament. "A consistent implementation of the Bosnian Constitutional Court's decision on the three peoples being constituents in both entities would mean the end of the asymmetrical state, that is, the end of the Republika Srpska as the biggest obstacle to the self sustained Bosnia, and the solving of the Croat national issue," said Jelavic advocating the consistent implementation of the Constitutional court decision. (hina) np