CROATS & BOSNIAKS FAIL TO AGREE ON MOSTAR COURTS

( Editorial: --> 2859 ) MOSTAR, Jan 7 (Hina) - Croat and Bosniak (Muslim) officials on Wednesday again failed to adjust viewpoints concerning a cantonal bill on the judiciary. The Bosniak side refuses to abandon its proposal that only one court be established in Mostar, the vice president of the Herzegovina- Neretva Canton Government, Franjo Ljubic, told reporters after today's session. The Croat side, on the other hand, proposed six courts for each of Mostar's six municipalities, he explained. Ljubic pointed out that according to the Constitution of the Croat- Muslim Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Dayton peace agreement, the organisation of the judiciary envisages "that municipal courts have original authority, i.e. that each municipality may have a court". (hina) ha jn 071757 MET jan 98