CONSTITUENT SESSION OF NEW BH CROAT PARTY TO BE HELD ON JUN 27

( Editorial: --> 0806 ) SARAJEVO, June 12 (Hina) - Representatives of the initiative committee for establishing the new Bosnian Croat party on Friday confirmed they were definitely leaving the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BH). They also said that the constituent convention of the new party would be held in Sarajevo on June 27. The temporary name of the new party is "New Croatian Initiative". Ivo Lozancic, president of the initiative committee, told reporters in Sarajevo that the decision on establishing the new party was final. "We will determine the name of the new party on Monday and today we are starting to collect signatures of support for our candidates in the forthcoming elections," Lozancic said. The initiative committee consists of 21 Croat officials from the former structure of HDZ BH. The basic principle of the party is that Bosnia-Herzegovina, as designed by the Dayton Peace Agreement, is our homeland and that we support equality of Croats and their status of a constituent nation on the whole territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but we also demand this for all other nations, said Kresimir Zubak, Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency. Members of the initiative committee confirmed that they would put up their candidates for all levels of authority. They allowed for the possibility of election alliance with other parties, adding though that there had been no concrete negotiations on that question. (hina) as rml/bag 122110 MET jun 98