BOSNIA'S INCUMBENT GOVT. MEMBERS HOLD LAST SESSION

SARAJEVO, Dec 17 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina's Government with the incumbent members held the last session in Sarajevo on Tuesday when it decided to transfer all tax revenues and profits to bodies of authorities in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and its cantons. Bosnia-Herzegovina's Premier Hasan Muratovic and Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic held a news conference on occasion of the end of the mandate of this government, which had commenced on February 1, 1996. They stressed that the transfer would be a big step which would enable full functions of the (Croat-Moslem) Bosnian federal authorities. Prlic added that all prerequisites had been created for the single financial system within the Federation to begin as of January 1997. Prlic recalled that despite difficult conditions, an unexpectedly high rate of economic growth with some 40% had been ensured in the past period, but that the situation in Bosnia- Herzegovina was still burdened with the worrisome poverty and lack of political will to fulfill commitment. Muratovic said that the full cooperation in Bosnia's state parliament would be necessary for the effective work of a new government. He added that he did not know why the parliamentary session, scheduled for Tuesday, had been postponed, but voiced a hope that parliamentarians would gather very soon. Muratovic and Prlic will be also members of a new government, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) mm mš 172105 MET dec 96