BOSNIAN MOSLEM AND CROAT LEADERS CAST THEIR VOTES

SARAJEVO, Sept 14 (Hina) - Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said in Sarajevo on Saturday after he cast his vote in the first post-war election that he was confident that Bosnia-Herzegovina would survive as an independent and unified state. Asked by a journalist about the possibility of a resumption of war, Izetbegovic, a Moslem candidate for a three-man collective presidency, said: "In my opinion there will be no war, but I haven't proved myself as a good forecaster." Bosnian Federation President Kresimir Zubak, a Croat candidate for the collective presidency, voted in the Croat enclave of Usora in northern Bosnia. Zubak said that although elections were not completely fair, he expected that "they will enable the establishment of legal institutions of power in Bosnia-Herzegovina and ensure peace." Bosnian Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic said in Sarajevo that the election was proceeding according to plan. He expressed firm conviction that the war was over. Sarajevo's Roman Catholic Archbishop, Vinko Puljic, said that the biggest drawback of the election was the fact that refugees had not returned to their homes. "I believe that the election is a small step in the process of building peace," he added. (hina) mm vm 141342 MET sep 96