BOSNIAN CROATS DISSATISFIED WITH ARBITRATOR'S DECISION

VITEZ, March 17 (Hina) - Bosnian Croats on Friday filed a written complaint against a decision by Bosnian Federation arbitrator Roberts Owen on resolving a dispute between federal partners over the foundation of transitional municipal councils in the central Bosnian towns of Bugojno and Vares. Josip Silic, a Croat official in charge of Federation affairs, told a press conference in Vitez that Owen's decision on how to appoint a mayor of Vares and to rescind the terms of office of four councillors in Bugojno and Vares was in violation of the Petersberg agreement of April 25 and an agreement regulating elections in Bosnia. Silic added that the text of the decision delivered to the Croat side was written in the Serbian language but that this would be protested separately. (hina) vm jn 172350 MET may 96