PRLIC SAYS HDZ SUCCEEDED AT ELECTIONS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

MOSTAR, Sept 15 (Hina) - According to unofficial results of Bosnia local elections, held on 13 and 14 September, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) has won elections in most of municipalities where the party had its candidates, a leader of the major Bosnian Croat party, Jadranko Prlic, has said. On Monday, Prlic said that these unofficial results did not include returns from absentee ballots. He described the party's success as a success beyond expectations. Prlic cited that the main flaw of the municipal elections was the old organisation of the communal system, and claimed 67,000 people were denied the right to vote due to the Croat-Moslem Federal parliament's failure to adopt a bill on reorganisation of municipalities. (hina) jn mš 151758 MET sep 97