CROAT ORGANIZATIONS IN SARAJEVO ISSUE A JOINT STATEMENT

SARAJEVO, March 2 (Hina) - Representatives of Croat political parties and a cultural society in Sarajevo, today called for an accelerated implementation of the constitutional and legal system of the Croat-Moslem Federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The call came in a joint statement today from the Sarajevo branches of the Croatian Democratic Union, (HDZ), the Croatian Peasants Party (HSS) and the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), the "Napredak" cultural society and the Croatian Defence Council (HVO). Croat political parties said they wanted Sarajevo to remain a unified city with a new municipal organisation. They opposed any forced changes to the city's social and national structure. The statement said it was necessary to stop Croats from leaving Sarajevo. They called on the assemblies of the Republic and Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina to bring the functions of the Bosnia- Herzegovina Presidency in line with the Federation's Constitution as soon as possible to determine its responsibilities, and separate them from those of the Federation leadership, the statement said. (hina) mm sd vm 022017 MET mar 95