UNIFICATION OF MOSTAR AIM OF ELECTIONS - EU ADMINISTRATION FOR MOS

MOS $ TAR SPOKESMAN SARAJEVO, June 20 (Hina) - "The unification of Mostar is the most important aim of the elections which in this town will take place on 30 June", spokesman for the European Administration in Mostar, Dragan Gasic, told a press conference in Sarajevo on Thursday. Gasic said that there would be 77 polling posts and that all parties taking part in the elections had the right to send their monitors to all polling posts. He added that the first results could be expected on 2 July. Spokesman for the NATO-led Peace Implementation Force's international division "Southeast", Jean-Remy Compain, on Thursday confirmed that IFOR would ensure conditions for the scheduling of the elections in Mostar, firstly by ensuring absolute freedom of movement. Compain said that IFOR would not undertake police duties, but would act in case any armed groups attempted riots on election day. Gasic confirmed that the European Administration had been informed that some candidates from the five opposition party list had been subject to threats, which prompted an investigation in the matter. The investigation included representatives of the west European police, Gasic concluded. (hina) ha jn 201634 MET jun 96