HSLS SENDS LETTER TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONCERNING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

ELECTIONS ZAGREB, 7 June (Hina) - As one of the participants in the election procedure who proposed its presidential candidate, the Croatian Social- Liberal Party (HSLS) on Saturday sent a letter to the Constitutional Court concerning the voting of Croatian citizens in Bosnia-Herzegovina outside Croatian diplomatic and consular buildings in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the presidential elections scheduled for 15 June 1997. #L# According to the letter, in the Croatian television news broadcast of 5 June, a report was broadcast on a meeting between Premier Zlatko Matesa and the president of the Croatian Election Commission, Ivan Mrkonjic. During the meeting, Mrkonjic stated that the authorised bodies of Bosnia-Herzegovina had been requested to allow the voting of Croatian citizens in Bosnia-Herzegovina outside Croatian diplomatic and consular buildings in the 15 June presidential elections. Mrkonjic's statement was published by all dailies on 6 June, the HSLS letter said. Since the request opposed the Croatian Constitution and positive Croatian laws, the HSLS asked the Constitutional Court to use its powers and see that polling places be located exclusively within the offices of Croatian diplomatic and consular buildings in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) rm 072012 MET jun 97