PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISING TO BE BANNED IN SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS -

( Editorial: --> 1647 ) MOSTAR, May 5 (Hina) - Head of the Mostar-based Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) told Tuesday's news conference that the Temporary Electoral Committee for the September elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina has decided to ban paid political advertising on radio and television. Political parties will be able to advertise, but only under special conditions which will soon be set by the Temporary Electoral Committee, Foley said. We shall undertake drastic measures to ensure an equal coverage of political parties, coalitions and candidates, he said. Foley stressed that measures regarding the use of incendiary language, i.e. language entice hatred via the media, have been made stricter. Unlike the past elections, Foley said, during the September elections, political parties would be able to make alliances so that votes given to individual parties would be pooled. This will enable small political parties to win seats in the parliament, Foley said. (hina) lm 051358 MET may 98