BOSNIAN FEDERATION PARLIAMENT REACHES NO CONCLUSION AT SESSION

SARAJEVO, May 7 (Hina) - The Interior Ministry of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina is not capable of an effective fight against terrorism and does not have sufficiently expressed political readiness to do so Interior Minister Mehmed Zilic and his deputy Tomislav Mihalj said before the Bosnian Federation Parliament House of Peoples on Friday. Citing two separate and unharmonised reports on the current situation in the Federation and measures to be undertaken to prevent terrorism, Zilic and Mihalj presented two different suggestions for measures to be undertaken. Zilic advocated the strengthening of the federal Interior Ministry, the urgent adoption of a law against terrorism, the establishment of special departments of the federal police in canton centres, the establishment of anti-terrorist units, control over the movement of foreigners and persons with dual citizenship, and entwining police structures into a unified communication and information system. Mihalj suggested the establishment of a special coordination body for the fight against terrorism in which the most prominent Bosnian Federation officials would be included. "Bad assessments led us to this occurrence of terrorism," Mihalj said. He added the federal police had prepared to fight against mass unrest caused by citizens dissatisfied with their living conditions, and thus was unprepared for terrorist attacks. (hina) lml