WHAT DOES THE FEDERATION MEAN AND TO WHOM

ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - The Zagreb-based daily VJESNIK on Friday runs a commentary piece by Mario Marusic on the recent politics of the Social Democratic Action (SDA) in Sarajevo. He describes the (Moslem) SDA politics in Bosnia-Herzegovina as fundamentalist Moslem. Such politics seriously hinder the life of the Moslem Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Marusic writes. Marusic lists examples where such politics become prominent: the establishment of the Sarajevo Canton despite disagreement from Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) representatives, attempt of Moslems to dominate the Federal police, their connection to Islamic fundamentalists and terrorist training centres, taking of Croat Herzeg-Bosnian documents and licence-plates (by the Moslem police), the message which the President of the Presidency of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegovic, forwarded to residents of the eastern (Moslem) part of Mostar in which he describes Bosnian Croats in Mostar and Bosnian Serbs in Pale as equal. "As can be inferred from Izetbegovic's messages, a unified Mostar, stronger Federation and a democratic Bosnia-Herzegovina are not Moslem strategic goals. Sarajevan media emitted on Thursday, "Belgrade tore Bosnia in pieces with cannons, Zagreb does it with agreements like those signed in Washington, Rome, Split," Marusic writes. So, how to ballance attitudes and overcome the core of the problem?" Marusic asks. "We shall see what steps the international community will take to bring the Moslem authorities to reason for them to stop ignoring the Federation and Croats as their equal partners. However, there is no doubt that messages of warning forwarded to Izetbegovic were not ambiguous," Marusic writes. (hina) lm jn 151130 MET mar 96