BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY PROPOSES CHANGE OF 'AID' STATUS

SARAJEVO, Sept 8 (Hina) - The Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina at Saturday's session in Sarajevo discussed and supported proposed amendments to the Law on organization and work of the republic Agency for Investigation and Documentation (AID). The Parliament would be suggested that "AID police authorities be transferred to the Interior Ministry of the Bosnian Federation, or cantons, in line with the Federation Constitution," a statement issued after the session said. #L# The AID is a service which has a task of protecting the constitutional system and was established immediately after the establishment of the Federation Interior Ministry. The Croat side categorically opposed the establishment of such an institution on the level of the Bosnian state, recalling constitutional resolutions from Dayton which envisaged that interior affairs be in the exclusive authority of the entities. Within the framework of talks on the transferal of authority from the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Federation, it was requested that the Law on AID be completely annulled. The Bosniac-Moslem side asked that the cooperation with Interpol and the International Crimes Tribunal in the Hague be carried out on the level of the central state authority, as well as the fight against crime between entities, terrorism ad drug trafficking. They also asked that the border police be administered on the same level. (hina) lm 081159 MET sep 96