INTERNATIONAL REP IN MOSTAR ACCUSES HDZ FOR OBSTRUCTING RETURN

MOSTAR, March 8 (Hina) - Head of the Mostar regional office of the high Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finn Lynghjem, at Wednesday's news conference expressed concern for Tuesday's irrevocable resignation of the Mostar South-West municipality commissioner, Ivica Rozic. In his resignation letter, Rozic said he could not implement property laws in line with ideas of the international community because "objective circumstances in Mostar" were obstructing the process, he said. According to Lynghjem, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party of Bosnia-Herzegovina had known which tasks Rozic should fulfil when they appointed him as municipality commissioner. He accused the HDZ BiH of again playing a game of obstructing the process of return and the implementation of the rule of law in the Rozic case. Such conduct is immoral, irresponsible and unprofessional, Lynghjem said, adding that this party did not have on its mind the fulfilment of the interests of people they are representing, nor had the will to implement the Dayton Agreement. (hina) lml jn