SARAJEVO, May 26 (Hina) - The situation in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina is returning to normal, and an attempt to establish the so-called Croat self-rule has finally failed, the President of the Croat-Muslim Federation, Karlo
Filipovic, said on Saturday. Filipovic, who was a guest at a panel discussion of Muslim (Bosniak) intellectuals, said setting up the self-rule was a project of extremists from the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), and it implied a direct blow to the foundations of authorities such as the financial system, army and police. Moderate members of this political party were called to come back to the institutions of the system and participate in the constitution of new executive authorities in cantons where the HDZ mustered the highest number of votes at the last elections, said Filipovic, who was elected at the helm of the Federation, as a
SARAJEVO, May 26 (Hina) - The situation in the Federation of Bosnia-
Herzegovina is returning to normal, and an attempt to establish the
so-called Croat self-rule has finally failed, the President of the
Croat-Muslim Federation, Karlo Filipovic, said on Saturday.
Filipovic, who was a guest at a panel discussion of Muslim (Bosniak)
intellectuals, said setting up the self-rule was a project of
extremists from the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-
Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), and it implied a direct blow to the
foundations of authorities such as the financial system, army and
police.
Moderate members of this political party were called to come back to
the institutions of the system and participate in the constitution
of new executive authorities in cantons where the HDZ mustered the
highest number of votes at the last elections, said Filipovic, who
was elected at the helm of the Federation, as a Croat member of the
Social Democrats (SDP).
The Federation's President voiced great concern over the grave
social and economic situation in this entity.
According to latest indicators, almost two thirds of the Croat-
Muslim Federation live on the edge of poverty, the unemployment is
steady at 40 percent, and almost 60 percent of young people would
like to leave Bosnia as they cannot see any prospects in that
country.
(hina) ms