BOSNIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

SARAJEVO, April 17 (Hina) - Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija said on Wednesday he hoped that the parliaments of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska would show enough maturity and pass amendments to the two entities' constitutions by Friday. This would ensure the integral implementation of a decision of the Bosnian Constitutional court on all three peoples being constituent throughout Bosnia, Lagumdzija said.#L# Lagumdzija said this to reporters after a meeting with European Union high representative for security and foreign policy Javier Solana. Solana also called on all political parties in Bosnia to show political maturity and vote for the amendments. The Prime Minister of the Republic Srpska, Mladen Ivanic, who also held talks with Solana, told reporters the Republika Srpska parliament would adopt "technical changes" to the previously passed amendments in order that they be entirely adjusted to the "Sarajevo Agreement". Ivanic believes that the adopted amendments are in line with the agreement and that there is no reason that they be denied. He said the amendments did not limit the role of the future Council of Peoples in the Republika Srpska. Bosnian Serb parliament speaker Dragan Kalinic, who is also the president of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS), on Tuesday evening forwarded a letter to High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch saying that the amendments to the entity constitution would be adjusted to the requests of the international community. Petritsch said the amendments must be adopted by April 18. He also warned the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) that they will have to take consequences if they refuse to vote for the constitutional amendments. (hina) it