UN TO DEMAND RESPONSIBILITY OF BIASED CANTONAL INTERIOR MINISTER

( Editorial: --> 1396 ) SARAJEVO, Feb 12 (Hina) - The command of the International Police Task Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina will demand that the interior minister of the Una-Sana Canton, Edhem Veladzic, be held responsible for statements in which he expressed his loyalty to the ruling Party of Democratic Action (SDA). According to Aleksandar Ivanko, the UN spokesman in Sarajevo, Veladzic Tuesday told radio and television in Bihac, a town in north-western Bosnia, that "the police was created by the ruling party (which) issues commands which the police carry out." Veladzic probably got his education at some institute specialising in Marxism-Leninism in Moscow, Ivanko told reporters Thursday. From the UN's point of view, such statements are utterly unacceptable, Ivanko said, adding one could imagine how much trust Bihac residents who were not members of the SDA had in local police. IPTF commissioner Manfred Sietner will immediately demand Croat- Muslim (federal) authorities that Veladzic be held responsible, the UN spokesman said, adding a request for his replacement was also possible. (hina) ha jn 121459 MET feb 98