MOSLEM SPECIAL POLICE SHOULD END REORGANIZATION ON SUNDAY

MOSTAR, Nov 24 (Hina) - The (Moslem-led) Bosnian special police in the (Croat-Moslem) Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina should end its reorganization on Sunday. The International Police Task Force (IPTF) commissioner Peter Fitzgerald set that deadline, as he had reached agreement with the Federation Interior Minister Avdo Hebib and his deputy Jozo Leutar. The special police in the (Croat-controlled) western part of Mostar had fulfilled that order to reorganize when they took down police garment with Herzeg-Bosnian insignia on November 15. The IPTF commander in the Mostar district Frank Server said that an initiative for the reorganization of Bosnian Federation special police had commenced in western Mostar. However, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, the capital of which is Mostar, has neither formed a government, nor promulgated a constitution and law on police, and that's why Herzeg-Bosnian special police troops are still serving with local police in western Mostar. Sarver said the Herzeg-Bosnian special policemen had passed an IPTF test, so that they can join police troops of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Special policemen in Moslem-controlled areas are now expected to pass the test in order to enter the Federation police. He added that the reorganization would reduce the number of policemen in the Federation to about 11,000. (hina) mš 241508 MET nov 96