BOSNIAN FEDERATION SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED - KAPETANOVIC

TRAVNIK, Nov 27 (Hina) - Premier of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Izudin Kapetanovic said on Wednesday that the Federation should be strengthened now when it had become viable. Premier Kapetanovic and his deputy Drago Bilandzija on Wednesday paid a visit to central Bosnia, as part of their tours to the Federation's Cantons in order to observe the situation in the wake of the September elections. Kapetanovic told a Hina corespondent that they had now a task to strengthen the Federation. He announced that 27 laws would be discussed in December by both houses of the Federal Parliament, and envisaged that next January would be a milestone in the Bosnian Federation history when sweeping changes should begin in the federal economy and banking. He said it was necessary to annul parallel governments' structures both of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Herzeg- Bosnia, describing them as dangerous for the Federation. Kapetanovic stressed the importance of the role of the federal cantons, particularly of Central Bosnian Canton, for the strengthening of the Federation. He explained that the Central Bosnian Canton was a precondition for the Federation's strengthening, as it was founded on the parity of Croat-Moslem authorities. "Therefore we will pay most attention to this Canton as well as to the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and offer as much help as we can," he said. (hina) jn mš 271929 MET nov 96