MOSTAR, April 3 (Hina) - Croat officials in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton's bodies of authority said on Tuesday recent decisions of the newly-established federal and state authorities in Bosnia "cannot be acceptable to the Croat
people and its legitimate representatives in this canton." "The establishment of Croat self-government is an expression of a justified need to protect the Croat people's national interests and a means to an eventual organisation of the people," read a statement signed by the president of the canton's parliament, Ljubo Zovko, deputy prefect Dragan Vrankic, and the canton's Prime Minister Josip Merdzo. They supported the decisions of the Croat National Congress to temporarily dissolve HVO, the Croat component of the armed forces of Bosnia's Croat-Muslim federation, and refused to acknowledge the replacement of senior HVO officials carried out, according to the statement, by illegal in
MOSTAR, April 3 (Hina) - Croat officials in the Herzegovina-Neretva
Canton's bodies of authority said on Tuesday recent decisions of
the newly-established federal and state authorities in Bosnia
"cannot be acceptable to the Croat people and its legitimate
representatives in this canton."
"The establishment of Croat self-government is an expression of a
justified need to protect the Croat people's national interests and
a means to an eventual organisation of the people," read a statement
signed by the president of the canton's parliament, Ljubo Zovko,
deputy prefect Dragan Vrankic, and the canton's Prime Minister
Josip Merdzo.
They supported the decisions of the Croat National Congress to
temporarily dissolve HVO, the Croat component of the armed forces
of Bosnia's Croat-Muslim federation, and refused to acknowledge
the replacement of senior HVO officials carried out, according to
the statement, by illegal institutions and individuals on the
federal and state levels.
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