MOSTAR/SARAJEVO, May 30 (Hina) - A Croat member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's collective Presidency, Ante Jelavic, on Tuesday held talks with OSCE official Robert Barry about the implementation of the results of the April local election and
about regulations and rules for the coming general election, due to be in November. According to a statement released by Jelavic's office, he and the head of the OSCE mission in Bosnia considered why OSCE (the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) representatives had been reserved towards certain candidates in some municipalities. The statement did not cite the names of candidates or municipalities, but it did say that the emphasis was given on the functioning of authorities in Herzeg-Bosnian canton (within the Croat-Moslem federal entity) whose Perfect Ivan Ivic and cantonal Premier Mirko Mihaljevic should resign in line with a decision of the int
MOSTAR/SARAJEVO, May 30 (Hina) - A Croat member of Bosnia-
Herzegovina's collective Presidency, Ante Jelavic, on Tuesday held
talks with OSCE official Robert Barry about the implementation of
the results of the April local election and about regulations and
rules for the coming general election, due to be in November.
According to a statement released by Jelavic's office, he and the
head of the OSCE mission in Bosnia considered why OSCE (the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe)
representatives had been reserved towards certain candidates in
some municipalities. The statement did not cite the names of
candidates or municipalities, but it did say that the emphasis was
given on the functioning of authorities in Herzeg-Bosnian canton
(within the Croat-Moslem federal entity) whose Perfect Ivan Ivic
and cantonal Premier Mirko Mihaljevic should resign in line with a
decision of the international community's High Representative to
Bosnia, Wolfgang Petritsch.
On Tuesday as well, Jelavic held talks with an international
mediator, Christian Schwarz-Schilling. Jelavic complained to this
German diplomat that the decision on the dismissal of Ivic and
Mihaljevic was "too radical and counter-productive, and it brings a
bad message to the Croat public."
Jelavic and Schwarz-Schilling discussed changes caused by the
recent municipal election. In this context, Jelavic expressed
confidence that newly-elected leaders in Mostar, Capljina and
Stolac would be constructive and good partners to the international
community.
During his previous visits to Bosnia Christian Schwarz-Schilling
accused Croat authorities in the aforementioned towns of the
failure to cooperate.
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