SEMINAR FOR BH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OBSERVERS HELD IN MOSTAR

( Editorial: --> 5267 ) MOSTAR, Feb 28 (Hina) - "Between 25 and 30 per cent of Bosnian citizens at this moment don't know for whom to vote" at the presidential election announced for September, the president of the Helsinki Committee of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Srdjan Dizdarevic, told reporters in Mostar Saturday. He believed that group of citizens would determine the winner at the election. The media must play a correct and fair role and be open to all various political tendencies and various political leaders, Dizdarevic said. Today he headed a seminar for observers of the protection of the freedom of the media and human rights. The participants in the seminar, organised by the Bosnian Helsinki Committee and held in Mostar, pointed out that there are three completely separated media systems in BH which are under the direct influence of the three ruling political parties. Zoran Udovicic from Sarajevo pointed out that Bosnian television when reporting from Croat majority areas only broadcasts news regarding incidents, letting positive progress go unnoticed. (hina) ha 281536 MET feb 98