PRESIDENT OF CRO ELECTORAL COMMISSION RECEIVES OSCE MONITORS COORD

COORD $ INATOR ZAGREB, Feb 27 (Hina) - President of the Croatian Electoral Commission Ivan Mrkonjic on Thursday received the representatives of the Electoral Monitor Mission for Croatia of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Anders Eriksson and Renata Tardioli, the Croatian Electoral Commission said in a statement. Mrkonjic acquainted the two representatives with the laws on the basis of which elections would be held in Croatia on 13 April 1997, as well as with obligatory instructions on their holding. Mrkonjic explained the organization of electoral commissions, the electoral system and the participation of monitors and party representatives in the work of the electoral commissions. On behalf of all members of the mission and himself too, Eriksson thanked Mrkonjic for his thorough report in relation to electoral activities in Croatia. During the final days preceding the elections, the number of monitors would rise to about 200, Eriksson concluded. (hina) ha jn 271652 MET feb 97