MOSTAR ELECTION OFFICIALS SEND OPEN LETTER TO EU ADMINISTRATOR

MOSTAR, July 10 (Hina) - Bosnian Croat members of Mostar election commissions on Wednesday sent an open letter to the EU administrator of the city, Ricardo Perez Casado, complaining that presidents of the election commissions had been under pressure to publish results of the June 30 municipal elections. Expressing their "dissatisfaction and concern", they said they would not agree to the publishing of election results "until irregularities have been removed." "We distance ourselves from all possible consequences if the election results are made public without our approval," the letter said. Citing irregularities, they said that the election law was violated by when a list of candidates was accepted after a registration deadline, that a City Election Commission decision to nullify election results from Bonn was overruled, that a bag with ballots from the Bern polling station was lost. The letter also mentioned the case of an election commission member who was at the same time an election candidate and cases of one person voting at several polling stations. (hina) vm jn 102027 MET jul 96