ZAGREB, Nov 10 (Hina) - The Mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Croatia expressed satisfaction with the way the new electoral law regulates the coverage of elections, and the provision of
multi-party electoral commissions. OSCE Mission spokesman Peter Palmer told a regular news conference Wednesday that rules of conduct and activities relating to the elections should be published as soon as possible, and draw up exact and current lists of voters. He reiterated that the Mission believes that Croatia should enable its citizens abroad, in Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, to utilise their constitutional right to vote in the elections. Thus, the procedure of confirming citizenship and registry into voters lists abroad should be implemented urgently, Palmer said. He said Croatia had not fulfilled its obligation of reviewing the Constitutional Law on the rights of minori
ZAGREB, Nov 10 (Hina) - The Mission of the Organisation for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Croatia expressed satisfaction
with the way the new electoral law regulates the coverage of
elections, and the provision of multi-party electoral
commissions.
OSCE Mission spokesman Peter Palmer told a regular news conference
Wednesday that rules of conduct and activities relating to the
elections should be published as soon as possible, and draw up exact
and current lists of voters.
He reiterated that the Mission believes that Croatia should enable
its citizens abroad, in Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, to
utilise their constitutional right to vote in the elections.
Thus, the procedure of confirming citizenship and registry into
voters lists abroad should be implemented urgently, Palmer said.
He said Croatia had not fulfilled its obligation of reviewing the
Constitutional Law on the rights of minorities, some provisions of
which had been suspended in 1995, although the deadline for the
revision expired in October.
The provisions, in line with the Constitutional Law of 1991,
enabled a proportional representation of minorities at local
levels of authority.
These provisions were rescinded after the liberation of most of
Croatia's occupied territory, as most Croatian Serbs then left
Croatia.
Palmer announced that OSCE's high commissioner for national
minorities, Max van der Stoel, was arriving on Croatia Wednesday.
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