OHR WILL RE-EVALUATE AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON FEDERATION TELEVISION

SARAJEVO, July 1 (Hina) - Legal experts of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina (OHR) will re-evaluate amendments to the Law on Radio Television (RTV) of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and decide whether they are acceptable, OHR spokesman James Ferguson told Hina on Thursday. Ferguson was commenting on a law on the Federation Radio and Television, which was adopted today by the Parliament of the Croat- Muslim Federation in a version different than the one Muslims and Croats had agreed on earlier. Ferguson said the OHR would in no way give up the July 15 deadline for the adoption of the law. He said necessary measures would be taken if the law was not adopted by that date. The OHR spokesman said one should wait for the vote of the House of People of the Federation Parliament, which should take place next week. According to previous announcements, the High Representative could impose a law on the Federation Radio and Television if the parliament fails to adopt the law in the regular procedure. In that case, the Parliament would most probably adopt the original version of the law, without amendments which were endorsed today with a House of Representatives' majority vote of Bosniak MPs. (hina) rml