NEW BOSNIAN HDZ PRESIDENT WILL CONDUCT PARTY'S POLICY WELL - BAGO

( Editorial: --> 5215 ) SARAJEVO, May 20 (Hina) - Sarajevo's daily "Oslobodjenje" on Wednesday published an interview with Croatian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Darinko Bago. Explaining efforts the Croatian government is investing in enabling the return of refugees, Bago stressed that during the adoption of instructions for obtaining documents for the return of refugees, the government was lead by the basic principle that the return had to be individual. The government was also lead by the principle of the equality of rights of all Croatian citizens, Bago said. He added Croatia could not accept people to be crammed into busses and be taken to their homes, because it could cause various incidents, Bago said. He said there were Serbs who did not want to return to Croatia. The Croatian government is at the moment buying off some 300 of their houses. In this way, the government is creating a housing fund for the accommodation of exiled Croats who are currently accommodated in the houses of Serbs who had left Croatia, and is at the same time creating conditions for the return and stay of refugees who want to return, Bago said. He stressed that Croatia intended to sign a special agreement with the Serb republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the return of refugees. He described all comments on this in public as a part of the internal election campaign in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Asked to comment on the election of Ante Jelavic as president of the Bosnian Croatian democratic Union (HDZ) party, Bago said it was obvious that the entire party's convention had passed under great stress following the demise of Croatian Defence Minister Gojko Susak who was from Herzegovina. "I believe the president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina HDZ will undoubtedly conduct the party's policy well," Bago said. (hina) lm 201240 MET may 98