MOSTAR: HDZ ENDS ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

MOSTAR, Nov 20 (Hina) - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) ended its election campaign for the diaspora constituency in Bosnia- Herzegovina with an election rally in Mostar on Thursday. #L# Speakers at the rally, held under the title "11th Hour", criticised the incumbent authorities in Croatia, led by the Social Democrats, and promised more assistance to Bosnian Croats if the HDZ won the upcoming parliamentary elections. The leader of the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Barisa Colak, dismissed as speculation reports about disrupted relations between the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the HDZ in Croatia. "Our cooperation could have been better, but the support of the HDZ in Bosnia-Herzegovina to the HDZ in Croatia was never in question," Colak said. He dismissed objections that the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina was a nationalist party which caused divisions among Bosnian Croats and added that such accusations were the result of the party's advocacy of the equality of Bosnian Croats. (hina) rml sb