FROWICK INSPECTS DOCUMENTATION REGARDING MOSTAR LOCAL ELECTION

( Vidi vijest: 4900 ) SARAJEVO, Oct 22 (Hina) - The head of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Robert Frowick, and the OSCE electoral department members are checking the documentation in connection with the holding of the September municipal elections in Mostar. A spokesman for the OSCE mission, Johan Verhayden, said in Sarajevo on Wednesday that Ambassador Frowick consulted with Bosnian Croat and Moslem representatives on this issues, but added that this act did not mean the re-counting of voters' ballots. On 10 October, the provisional electoral commission carried out technical confirmation of election results for all six municipalities of Mostar and for the Mostar city council, Verhayden said adding that after that parties which participated in the election demanded further explanation about the distributions of the seats at the city council. The OSCE spokesman said that this organisation, in cooperation with Martin Garrod, the head of the Mostar-based regional office of the international High Representative, would continue talks with the Federation's officials in order to ensure the complete implementation of the interim statute of this southern city. On Tuesday, OSCE published unofficial results of the 13-14 September elections for the Mostar town council. According to the unofficial data, the coalition for the integral and democratic Bosnia, led by the (Moslem) Party of the Democratic Action, or SDA, won 15 seats, whereas the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia- Herzegovina (HDZ B-H) got nine seats. (hina) jn mš 221448 MET oct 97