CANTONAL ASSEMBLY OF CENTRAL BOSNIA HOLDS CONSTITUENT SESSION

TRAVNIK, March 28 (Hina) - The 49-seat assembly of the Central Bosnia canton held a constituent session in Travnik on Thursday, unanimously adopting the cantonal constitution and the statute of the assembly. The assembly, consisting of 24 Moslems, 23 Croats and two deputies representing other ethnic groups, unanimously elected Midhat Karadzic president of the assembly and Josip Boro his deputy. Ivan Saric was elected head of the canton, with Halid Genjac as his deputy. The adoption of a law on cantonal government was postponed at the request of Moslem representatives, who argued that it needed to be brought in line with that of the Neretva canton. The session was also attended by Bosnian Federation president Kresimir Zubak and international mediator Christian Schwartz-Schilling who hailed the resoluteness of the two sides to hold the constituent session. (hina) vm 282038 MET mar 96