PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF HDZ BH BEGINS IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Aug 25 (Hina) - The Croatian Democratic Union Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BH) on Monday began its pre-election campaign, three weeks prior to the September municipal election, the president of the party's election headquarters, Jadranko Prlic, told reporters. At the election, HDZ BH wishes to prove its national, European and social commitment, bearing in mind that a significant part of those rights is achieved at a municipal level, he said. According to Prlic, HDZ BH will have candidates in 58 municipalities in the (Croat-Muslim) Federation and ten in Republika Srpska. The first big pre-election rallies will be organized on 3 September in Zenica, Bugojno, Bihac and Busovaca, Prlic said, adding pre-election rallies in Bosanski Brod, Derventa and Bosanski Samac, municipalities in the Bosnian Serb entity, were also planned. HDZ BH president Bozo Rajic said there was a possibility the party might consider a partial or complete boycott of the municipal election, if the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe failed to change election rules in Mostar, under which the town's central zone was established as the town's seventh municipality. (hina) ha jn 251325 MET aug 97