SARAJEVO, Dec 21 (Hina) - Voting at elections for the Croatian National Parliament on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina will be organised at fifteen previously arranged stations, despite the opposing of a member of the country's
Presidency, Alija Izetbegovic, spokeswoman for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission, Tanya Domi, said in Sarajevo Tuesday. Domi told reporters the list of 15 polling stations in Croatian diplomatic and consular offices in Bosnia-Herzegovina had been drawn up based on an agreement reached by representatives of the Croatian and Bosnian foreign ministries. In a statement issued by Sarajevo media, Izetbegovic had opposed the voting as had been organised, requesting that polling stations be opened only at the Croatian Embassy in Sarajevo and general consulates in Mostar, Bihac, Tuzla and Banja Luka. In a special statement by head of the OSCE Missi
SARAJEVO, Dec 21 (Hina) - Voting at elections for the Croatian
National Parliament on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina will be
organised at fifteen previously arranged stations, despite the
opposing of a member of the country's Presidency, Alija
Izetbegovic, spokeswoman for the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission, Tanya Domi, said in Sarajevo
Tuesday.
Domi told reporters the list of 15 polling stations in Croatian
diplomatic and consular offices in Bosnia-Herzegovina had been
drawn up based on an agreement reached by representatives of the
Croatian and Bosnian foreign ministries.
In a statement issued by Sarajevo media, Izetbegovic had opposed
the voting as had been organised, requesting that polling stations
be opened only at the Croatian Embassy in Sarajevo and general
consulates in Mostar, Bihac, Tuzla and Banja Luka.
In a special statement by head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia-
Herzegovina Robert Barry and High Representative Wolfgang
Petritsch, which was submitted to media in Sarajevo, leading
representatives of the international community in the country had
expressed deep concern about the names of a large number of persons
the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) had put forward as candidates
on the list for the diaspora, especially those who had recently been
dismissed from various duties in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the
opstruction of the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement.
Barry's and Petritsch's statement stressed that it was
unacceptable for Krunoslav Kordic, recently dismissed as Capljina
municipal head, Mijo Tokic, former president of the Livno Canton
Assembly, Stanko Sopta, a former general of the Croatian Defence
Council, dismissed from active military duty in Bosnia-Herzegovina
by decision of the Stabilisation Force chief commander, and Stjepan
Mikic, vice-president of the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina who had been
erased from the party's list of candidates at elections in 1998, to
run as candidates.
These persons have already proven they are incapable of carrying
out election duties in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The HDZ is, thus, by
nominating such candidates, not contributing to the thesis that
they were supporting the Dayton Agreement whose signatory is
Croatia, the statement said.
The Presidency of the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina had at last week's
session disputed the constitutional and legal foundation of a
decision by the international High Representative to Bosnia-
Herzegovina and OSCE Mission chief of November 20, about the
dismissal of 22 elected officials in the country, one of whom was
Krunoslav Kordic.
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