STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT OF HR HB ON ARRESTING SLAVKO ZELIC

MOSTAR, Nov 12 (Hina/HABENA) - The Chairman of the House of the Representatives of the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna (HR HB), Perica Jukic, said yesterday that in Sarajevo "the process of the political persecution of the Croats has been established as well as the totalitarian approach to the solution of the future arrangement of the Republic" by the act of arresting the head of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) of Sarajevo, Slavko Zelic, who is a deputy of the House of Representatives of the HR HB, and also by accusing him of "making unstable the strength of defence of the State." " In that context we have requested the Croatian Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, to undertake certain measures within the scope of his tasks according of the Joint Declaration, signed by Tudjman and Izetbegovic, in order that he would mediate in release of Slavko Zelic and the other Croats who are currently in the similar position," read the statement issued by Perica Jukic in Mostar yesterday. 120759 MET nov 93