SARAJEVO, Nov 24 (Hina) - The (Moslem) Party of Democratic Action (SDA) is willing to forge post-election cooperation with the Bosnia's Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) and the Serb Democratic Party (SDS), SDA leader Alija
Izetbegovic said in Sarajevo on Friday explaining that his party would be ready to cooperate with any political force "which supports the integrated and democratic Bosnia.". He held a news conference today expecting the official results of 11 November general elections to be made public by the OSCE mission in this country. The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), however, postponed the announcement of the official returns for 27 September. According to Izetbegovic, his party is ready to cooperate with another two nationalist parties in Bosnia, as a latent crisis is possible otherwise. "A new balance of political forces is near to leading
SARAJEVO, Nov 24 (Hina) - The (Moslem) Party of Democratic Action
(SDA) is willing to forge post-election cooperation with the
Bosnia's Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) and the Serb
Democratic Party (SDS), SDA leader Alija Izetbegovic said in
Sarajevo on Friday explaining that his party would be ready to
cooperate with any political force "which supports the integrated
and democratic Bosnia.".
He held a news conference today expecting the official results of 11
November general elections to be made public by the OSCE mission in
this country. The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation
in Europe), however, postponed the announcement of the official
returns for 27 September.
According to Izetbegovic, his party is ready to cooperate with
another two nationalist parties in Bosnia, as a latent crisis is
possible otherwise.
"A new balance of political forces is near to leading to a crisis,"
claimed Izetbegovic, who has recently stepped aside form office of
the member of Bosnia's three-man Presidency but remained at the
helm of the SDA.
SDA representatives have not yet opened official negotiations with
any political party on this matter but they are intending to do so,
primarily with the Party for Bosnia-Herzegovina, led by Haris
Silajdzic who used to be a member of SDA.
Izetbegovic said his party was generally satisfied with the results
it achieved at this vote. According to him, a fall in SDA's
popularity discontinued at this election. During last April's
municipal vote, SDA performed poorly as against elections in last
years when it used to score landslide victories.
According to unofficial results which the OSCE mission gave
yesterday, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of Bosnia-Herzegovina
should be the strongest individual party in the state parliament
with nine seats. It is followed by the SDA with eight seats.
The third-ranked is the SDS with six seats. The HDZ BiH and the Party
for Bosnia-Herzegovina are likely to have five seats each,
according to unofficial results.
Eight smaller parties will have either one or two seats each in the
House of Representatives of Bosnia's Parliament.
(hina) ms