HDZ MUST RESPECT DECISION BY CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

SARAJEVO, Feb 6 (Hina) - Representatives of international organisations in Bosnia-Herzegovina warned the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ) it must obey the decision by the Constitutional Court and take part in the formation of parliaments' house of peoples so as to avoid exclusion from legal bodies of authority in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The HDZ Presidency has decided the party would not participate in the establishment of federal and state parliament houses of peoples since the Constitutional Court refused to accept its complaint about alleged violations of electoral regulations as stipulated by the chief of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the country, Robert Barry. Party president Ante Jelavic holds Barry has breached Constitutional provisions pertaining to the equal position of all three constitutive peoples in Bosnia by changing electoral regulations for representatives into the houses of peoples, which was the foundation for the aforementioned complaint to the Constitutional Court. The Court has, however, proclaimed itself incompetent to make a decision on the issue, since electoral regulations are exclusively in the competence of the OSCE. Spokesman for the Office of the High Representative to Bosnia- Herzegovina Oleg Milisic called on the HDZ Tuesday to follow the Constitutional Court's decision and participate in the creation of state bodies. He asserted the party must clearly state it does not want the creation of a third entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, nor parallel bodies of authority. (hina) lml sb