PARTY LEADER COLAK: PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HDZ BIH AND SDA SEVERED

MOSTAR, March 12 (Hina) - The partner relations between the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) and the Party of the Democratic Action (SDA) through models in which they have so far existed at levels in legislative and executive authorities are cut off, the HDZ BiH chief, Barisa Colak, said in Mostar on Friday commenting on conclusions his party made at last night's session in the southern city.#L# Colak accused the (Bosnian Muslim) SDA of failing to abide by a partnership agreement the two parties signed earlier. "Evident political differences in the positions on reforms and the future of Bosnia-Herzegovina and permanent attempts of Bosniaks to be dominant caused a failure of the talks between the HDZ BiH and the SDA," Colak told a news conference. He went on the say that the upshot of such conduct of the SDA was slower reforms in Bosnia which would make it impossible for the country to be built as a multiethnic, democratic and decentralised state with European prospects. Asked by reporters whether the severance of the partnership with the SDA implied that the HDZ was advocating plans for the establishment of the third entity, Colak refuted this possibility saying that his party was advocating a Bosnia without entities. Colak believes that processes in Bosnia will take the course of cantonisation, but it is difficult to envisage how much time the process will take, Asked whether the HDZ BiH would now go into the opposition and whether all of this would lead to early parliamentary elections, Colak said this was not ruled out and that his party was prepared for early elections. (Hina) ms