PROTEST BY SARAJEVO BRANCH OF HDZ PARTY

SARAJEVO, March 25 (Hina) - The Sarajevo branch of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party on Monday protested against a visit to the Sarajevo canton by the international mediator for the Bosnian Federation, Christian Schwarz-Schilling. The HDZ said in a statement that the Sarajevo canton had been established in violation of the law and constitution and that Schilling's talks with "the illegal cantonal president" cast doubt on his authority as international mediator. "The HDZ of Sarajevo is withdrawing all Croatian representatives from the federal commissions for reintegration of the city of Sarajevo at the Office of High Representative Carl Bildt because with the establishment of the illegal and unconstitutional, single-nation Sarajevo canton the Croatian people in the city of Sarajevo have been excluded from participating in municipal government," the statement said. The HDZ demanded that the Sarajevo cantonal government to suspend all their unlawful decisions or "the Croatian people in the city of Sarajevo will be forced to set up parallel bodies of municipal government and exercise all their national, political, cultural and other rights through the political community of Herzeg-Bosnia," the statement said. (hina) vm 251814 MET mar 96