OSCE DISMISSES KRAJISNIK'S CRITICISM

( Editorial: --> 6995 ) SARAJEVO, Dec 9 (Hina) - Spokesman for the OSCE mission in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Johan Verhayden, on Tuesday dismissed as unfounded criticism by the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Momcilo Krajisnik, against the regularity of parliamentary elections held in Republika Srpska last month. Recalling that Krajisnik had cited a large amount of criticism in the press during the past few days, especially regarding the vote counting process, Verhayden told a news conference in Sarajevo that statements that parties from the Bosnian Federation had in a suspicious manner won the same number of seats in the new Republika Srpska parliament as parties from the Serb entity were unfounded. Verhayden recalled that the whole of Bosnia-Herzegovina had been one electoral unit at the elections for the Republika Srpska Assembly, so the electoral threshold had been calculated on the basis of the total number of voters from the whole of Bosnia- Herzegovina. In a statement for the press, Krajisnik said that the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) would not accept election results as issued by the OSCE. Verhayden declined to comment on what measures might be undertaken in that case. (hina) lm mm 091331 MET dec 97