BOSNIAN FEDERATION'S OMBUDSMEN OPEN THEIR OFFICE IN ZENICA

ZENICA, April 1 (Hina/HABENA) - The ombudsmen of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zoran Jovanovic, Esad Muhibic and Branka Raguz, officially opened their Regional Office in Zenica, central Bosnia, last night, and interviewed candidates for the post of the deputy ombudsman. The ombudsmen are to appoint their deputy after consultations with the Bosnian Federation President. The ceremonial opening of the Regional Office was attended by Zenica authorities, local prominent politicians, lawyers, cultural workers and European monitoring mission officials, the HABENA Herzeg-Bosnian news agency said on Saturday. In the Sarajevo office the ombudsmen received about a thousand people and registered 146 cases of possible violations of human rights between January 3 to March 24, 1995. The ombudsmen are to prepare the opening of their regional office in Herzegovina, too. (hina) mms 011947 MET apr 95