FOUNDING OF SIX MOSTAR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ENDS

MOSTAR, June 14 (Hina) - The establishment of the South and South-East Municipal Councils in Mostar on Saturday marked the end of the process of organization of Mostar with six municipalities as agreed in Dayton and in line with June 1996 election results. The town's mayor, Ivan Prskalo, today expressed satisfaction with the end of the establishment of Mostar's municipal councils. All will be done in the near future to make the municipalities work and get ready for the September municipal election in Bosnia-Herzegovina, he said. Prskalo confirmed the Croat side continues to advocate the joining of the three municipalities with Croat majority, in line with the Dayton peace accord and Provision 54 of Mostar's transitional statute. In these, the heads and presidents of the municipal councils are Croats, while their deputies are Bosniaks (Muslims), whereas in the three municipalities where Bosniaks are in the majority, the heads and presidents of the municipal councils are Bosniaks. Until a statute is passed, Mostar's six municipalities will, in line with an inter-party agreement between the Croatian Democratic Union Party and the Muslim-led Party of Democratic Action, act according to provisions of the town's transitional statute. (hina) ha 141756 MET jun 97