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BosNet NEWS - May 15, 1996
CONTENTS
[01] KARADZIC DISMISSED KASAGIC
[02] FORUM OF FEDERATION - AGREEMENT ON DEFENCE AND FINANCES
[01] KARADZIC DISMISSED KASAGIC
Banja Luka, May 15,1996 (Press TWRA)
Radovan Karadjic , the
leader of Serbian clique on Pale, announced the dismissal of
Rajko Kasagic from the position of Prime Minister of Republic
Srpska. In the press release, reported by Reuters, Karadjic as
President of Republic Srpska stated that Kasagic's contacts with
the representatives of the international community and especially
with the High representative of PIC Carl Bildt, threat the key
interests and security of Republic Srpska.
Before he announced the decision on dismissal of Kasagic,Karadjic announced as a probable his candidacy on the September
elections this year, rejecting the international demands that he,
Mladic and other individuals, accused by ICTY for war crimes, be
exempt from the election process. Italian newspaper "Repubblica"
announced that Karadjic's influence increased, and that he freely
cruses through his para-state, in a big and easily noticeable car
and IFOR shows no intention to stop and arrest him. The increase
of Serbian terrorist leaders' popularity among the Serbs in B-H is
interpreted as the western forces hesitation (including the US
Admiral Leighton Smith) to arrest him, and with the efficient
apparatus of repression which Karadjic and Mladic established,
using it first for extinction of non-Serbs, and now for the
control over Serbs, but also the widely spread racism and
chauvinism among the Serbs in B-H. Ed Vulliamy, British
journalist who was among the first foreigners who entered the
death camp Omarska, witnessed that Serbian population on that
territory when he went there recently again, claimed there was
never no detention camps. (end) A.S.
[02] FORUM OF FEDERATION - AGREEMENT ON DEFENCE AND FINANCES
Washington, May 15,1996 (Press TWRA)
On yesterday's Federation
Forum meeting in Harbor House, Washington, Croatian and Bosniak
high representatives, with the mediation of US State Secretary,
Warren Chistopher, reached the agreement on the Defence Law of
B-H Federation, according to which the united Ministry of defence
and joint commanding structure will be supreme command to united
armed force of the Federation into which the B-H Army and HVO
should integrate in the three years period. The agreement should
be confirmed on May 29, by the B-H Federation Constitutional
Assembly. Croatian news agency HINA stated that the formal
opening of yesterday gathering was translated from English to the
"language of the Federation" which was neither Croatian, nor
Bosniak but Serbian. Forum of the Federation also decided on
establishing the adequate financial institutions in Federation,
which will enable the arrival of the international aid, and which
should start to operate on May 31, this year. After the news of
the agreement on financial issues in Washington, The World Bank
decided to allocated for reconstruction of the city heating in
Sarajevo, education and rehabilitation of the war victims in B-H -
4O million US$. (end) A.S.
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