WAR IS NOT OVER IN BOSNIA, BOSNIAN FEDERATION'S PRESIDENT SAYS

ZAGREB, Jan 8 (Hina) - "The war still is not over in Bosnia- Herzegovina", President of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kresimir Zubak, on Sunday said at a press conference in Zagreb. Zubak added that it was uncertain how long the December 31 four-month cessation of hostilities agreement could hold in Bosnia. Bosnian Croats also signed the four-month cessation of hostilities pact on condition that the talks on a final solution to the crisis would resume in that period, he told reporters. Speaking of the position of the Croatian nation in Bosnia- Herzegovina Zubak described the current situation as very favourable as regards humanitarian, military and economic issues. "The exodus of Croats from Bosnia ceased last year," he said adding that they were now capable of liberating some areas where they had lived before. This had been achieved because of a homogeneous political platform which united Bosnian Croats, as well as because of Croatia's great support to them, he stressed. We wanted that our homeland Bosnia-Herzegovina would guarantee equality to the Croat people in accordance with standards of the Western civilization to which we belong, Zubak said adding that more than 50 per cent of the total Croat nation in Bosnia had fled so far this country. Commenting on the relations between Croats and Bosniacs (Moslems) he said that the implementation of the Bosnian Federation's Constitution had reached a stalemate because of differences between the Bosniac and Croat leaders' views on further implementation of the Washington Accords. "The main obstacle in their implementation lies in the Moslem leadership", although the public got the impression that it was Croats who were halting that process, Zubak told journalists. According to him, some Bosniac (Moslem) authorities believed that the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina was just a stage in a process toward the unitary Bosnia, and therefore, they tried to maintain institutions of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He described the Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia- Herzegovina as an "embellished" socialistic constitution without the division of authorities. Such a constitution made it possible that one people would be overpowered by the other more numerous. "That was why Croats could never accept that Constitution," Zubak stressed. Speaking of disagreements between the two peoples he said Croats requested that the joint headquarters of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina should assume bigger authorities. But, the Bosniac (Moslem) leaders regarded this as unacceptable, since the President of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Presidency could lose his authority over the armed forces, he said. Zubak added that issues in the interests of the Croat people could be hardly put on agendas of the Bosnian Federation's Government and Constituent Assembly sessions. At the end of the press conference Zubak said there were also some Bosnian Croats who resisted the implementation of the Washington Accords, but, in his opinion, they were not influential. Zubak concluded that these problems did not mean that the implementation of the Washington Accords was on a standstill. (hina) mms 081348 MET jan 95