HEAD OF ELECTORAL COMMISSION: ELECTIONS PROCEEDING PEACEFULLY

ZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - The head of the National Electoral Commission, Marijan Ramuscak, on Monday afternoon told reporters the election for the Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives was proceeding peacefully. At a session held at 4pm today, the Commission considered about ten, not particularly important objections, Ramuscak said. Ramuscak relayed information by the Interior Ministry's Operative Headquarters according to which there had been no major incidents at polling stations. "We can say with certainty that the election is proceeding peacefully," Ramuscak said. Information submitted by police departments referred mostly to physical assaults, that is, cases of voters' pushing away members of voters' committees. One such case happened at a polling station in Lovran, and another polling station in Varazdin, where a voter pushed away the president of the voters' committee, who is his brother. Commenting on the objections the Commission considered at the afternoon session, Ramuscak said the most important one referred to an article published in today's issue of 'Novi list' daily, in which journalist Drazen Vukov-Colic analysed the election campaign. The daily has certainly violated the legal obligations of the media blackout, Ramuscak said. He added the Commission did not receive any objections regarding out-of-country voting on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) mm rml