PARTY FOR BOSNIA BLAMES SDA FOR ATTACK ON HARIS SILAJDZIC

SARAJEVO, 16 June (Hina) - After it was published that the president of the Party For Bosnia, Haris Silajdzic, had been attacked in Cazin yesterday, while a meeting of his party in Cazin had been prevented, Bosnia's leading Party of Democratic Action (SDA) today issued a statement, in which it sharply condemned the incident and the perpetrators and asked from state authorities to take a determined action, prevent further incidents and punish those responsible for them. #L# 'SDA is a democratic party which in its political practice has never resorted to violence nor does it have the intention of using violence...We would like to say to the public and our voters that we will abide by our basic stance in the forthcoming elections as well', the statement said. The executive commission of the Party For Bosnia, however, on Sunday issued a statement saying that it was not only Silajdzic that had been attacked during the visit to Cazin. Silajdzic's body guard and Josip Pejakovic, a member of the party's leadership, were also wounded. The incident had been instigated by several statements by SDA officials, the statement said. 'A political current which wants to use the victims and suffering of people with the aim of imposing itself as absolute authority and preventing democratic processes in Bosnia, is standing behind this incident', the statement said, calling on the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and diplomatic offices in Sarajevo to take measures which would secure a democratic atmosphere for the forthcoming elections. (hina) rm 161643 MET jun 96