SOME POLITICIANS BACK HIGH REP'S MOVE, SOME ACCUSE INT. COMMUNITY OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - On Wednesday evening parliamentarians of several Croatian parties commented on the decision of the High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch, to dismiss Ante Jelavic and another three senior officials of the Croatian Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ BiH) from their public and party duties. "Following the developments, one could expect Jelavic's dismissal, although we believe all of this is not good for the situation in Bosnia and that (parties in concern) should have embarked on the path of dialogues," said Dorica Nikolic of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). She added that this move "removes all parties from dialogue and presents a bigger problem than it was. What's done is done, and all parties in Bosnia must think about resuming dialogue." Milan Kovac of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) said "Jelavic can be dismissed only by those who elected him, and it is the Croat people." In Kovac's mind, all of this has been improvisation which will not lead to the resolution of the problem, caused by the international community's violation of the Dayton peace accords and Bosnia's constitution. The head of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), Anto Djapic, said Jelavic's replacement was "the expected reaction which shows that the international community does not respect the will of the Croat people in Bosnia and the will of the Croat National Assembly." Djapic maintains that this "is not certainly the path towards the settlement of the crisis in Bosnia." For him, the violence against the Bosnian Croat people is surprising" and all of this cannot yield good results. The HSP leader condemned Petritsch's move, and expressed hope that "by peaceful and democratic means the Croat people will secure its position as a constitutional and sovereign people in Bosnia." The head of the Liberal Party (LS), Zlatko Kramaric described the High Representative's decision as "a logical move of the international community, as it is clear that Jelavic has made a series of wrong moves and himself provoked such a reaction." Kramaric stressed that "now it should be seen how to defuse the situation charged too much with emotions." LS leader hoped that all of this would not affect the Bosnian Croat people and now "the Croat people in Bosnia should be let elect its new representatives." Damir Kajin of the Istrian Democratic Alliance (IDS) said Jelavic's dismissal "could absolutely be expected". "Less than a half year ago the international community isolated Austria, a country with democratic tradition, when Heider tried to form right-centrist government. The same can be expected for Italy if Berlusconi and Forza Italia come back," Kajin explained. He assessed that "all what happened in the last 15 days in Bosnia was the gross provocation of the international community by some individuals who got an idea that they are still in 1992 ad that some attributes of Herzeg-Bosnia can still exist." Anto Kovacevic, the leader of the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU), believes that "the international community can dismiss Jelavic but not the Croat people that gave its opinion about what Bosnia it wants at the referendum." Kovacevic predicts that the dissatisfaction of the Croat people will grow with Jelavic's dismissal. He pinned the blame on the international community for the division of Bosnia into two parts, and assessed that there would be no peace in the area without the cantonisation of Bosnia and abolishment of the Bosnian Serb entity (the Republic of Srpska). (hina) ms