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OSCE CONCERNED ABOUT LOW VOTER TURNOUT AT MINORITY ELECTIONS

ZAGREB, May 19 (Hina) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Mission to Croatia on Monday voiced concern about the low turnout at Sunday's elections for minority councils and called on the government to organise additional elections in areas where they were not held.
ZAGREB, May 19 (Hina) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Mission to Croatia on Monday voiced concern about the low turnout at Sunday's elections for minority councils and called on the government to organise additional elections in areas where they were not held. #L# The head of the OSCE Mission, Peter Semneby, said that the elections for members of minority councils and minority representatives in counties, towns and municipalities were well-organised, but stressed that "the low voter turnout could negatively impact their legitimacy". "We urge the Government to organise additional elections in areas where elections were not held and assist minority associations in ensuring a higher turnout next time", Ambassador Semneby said, adding that minorities should be given more time to prepare the elections. The OSCE reminds that the elections were held for fewer than a half of the 470 councils. Reports by the non-government organisation GONG which monitored the elections confirm the Mission's opinion. "The elections are a key step in the implementation of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities which was adopted last December and welcomed by the OSCE, the EU and other international organisations", according to a press release of the OSCE Mission. "The Government should also take immediate steps to implement overdue local and regional elections originally scheduled to take place by 23 March 2003 to ensure adequate representation for minorities in local and regional government as provided by the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities," Semneby said. (hina) rml sb

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