HNS BIH OPPOSES IMPLEMENTATION OF PRINCIPLE OF MAJORITY IN BH PARL. SYSTEM

SARAJEVO, Sept 5 (Hina) - Political parties gathered in the Croat National Congress (HNS) of Bosnia-Herzegovina categorically oppose the implementation of the principle of the majority in the Bosnia-Herzegovina parliamentary system and demand the establishment of a house of peoples in the Republika Srpska parliament as well, HNS president Ante Jelavic said in Sarajevo on Wednesday. Jelavic said representatives of the HDZ BiH parliamentary benches in the State and the Federation's parliament at today's meeting with representatives of other Croat parties participating in the HNS work reached full consensus on the minimum constitutional amendments acceptable for Bosnian Croats. It was also decided to forward a request to the Peace Implementation Council board to, after the permanent electoral law has been passed, organise new elections for the houses of peoples which would ensure the legality of the upcoming constitutional changes. The only acceptable solution is parliaments with two houses in both entities with parliamentary benches of the three constituent peoples, Jelavic stressed. The HNS believes that parties, members of the ruling Alliance for Changes, wanted to "impose" the principle of the majority through the upcoming constitutional reforms which would enable them to remain in power. (hina) it