BOSNIAN HDZ REVERSES DECISION ON ELECTION BOYCOTT

MOSTAR, Sept 12 (Hina) - The main Bosnian Croat party, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), said on Friday it had reversed its decision not to participate in September 13-14 local elections after reasons for a boycott had been removed. In a statement issued from a session in Mostar, the party leadership called on voters to turn out for the polls in large numbers. "The presidency is acquainted with great concern and efforts of the international community, particularly the OSCE mission in Bosnia- Herzegovina, to achieve a solution that would guarantee the Croats of Bosnia-Herzegovina an equal position in the election," the statement said. The HDZ leadership accepted an agreement reached at Thursday's meeting with Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman, welcoming the fact that justified objections by the Bosnian HDZ against election rules and procedures had been accepted and that voter registration irregularities had been corrected, the statement said. (hina) vm mm 121913 MET sep 97