GARROD & FOLEY WELCOME ELECTION OF NEW OFFICIALS IN HERZEGOVINA- NERETVA CANTON

NERETVA CANTON ( Editorial: --> 5098 ) MOSTAR, Dec 1 (Hina) - Martin Garrod and David Foley on Monday welcomed the rotation of top officials in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. Garrod, head of the Mostar regional office of the international High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, called a founding session of the Mostar City Council for December 4, on the basis of September local election results. In line with the results, technically certified by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Coalition for an Integral and Democratic Bosnia, headed by the Party of Democratic Action, received 14 seats in the Council, while the Bosnian Croatian Democratic Union party received ten mandates. Asked by a journalist whether the rotation of top officials would follow in the Central Bosnia Canton where, like in the Herzegovina- Neretva Canton, Croats and Bosniaks (Muslims) share authority, head of the OSCE office in Mostar Foley said he wanted to see positive changes all over Bosnia. A session of the Central Bosnia Canton had been called for tomorrow, he said. (hina) ha jn 011853 MET dec 97