BRCKO MULTIETHNIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST SESSION

( Editorial: --> 2509 ) BRCKO, 5 Jan (Hina) - The multiethnic Executive Committee of Brcko municipality held its first session in Brcko on Monday. The session was also attended by representatives of the office of international supervisor Robert Farrand and the regional office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Committee discussed a proposal by Brcko Mayor Borko Reljic concerning the organisation of local administration in Brcko, a town in north-eastern Bosnia. The local administration in Brcko should be organised by 23 January. Supervisor Farrand ordered that the ethnic composition of local self-government should be 52 per cent Serb, and 48 per cent Bosniak (Muslim) and Croat. The proportion reflects the number of Croats, Bosniaks and Serbs who registered for Bosnian elections in the area of Brcko. Brcko Mayor Reljic told local radio that "the session of the Executive Committee was unpleasant" and accused Bosniak representatives of megalomania when it comes to the number of Bosniak members in the municipal authorities. (hina) jn rm 052158 MET jan 98