BOSNIAN SERBS WARNED ABOUT PRE-ELECTION CONDUCT RULES - FROWICK

SARAJEVO, Aug 6 (Hina) - Head of the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Robert Frowick on Tuesday said that he had reiterated his request to the Bosnian Serbs to fully respect the letter and spirit of the agreement on Karadzic's withdrawal from public and political life. Frowick on Monday held talks with Aleksa Buha who had taken on the position of president of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) after Karadzic's resignation. Frowick warned Buha that his party could be removed from the peace process if it did not respect the agreement signed on July 8. #L# Frowick told a news conference in Sarajevo that an everyday inspection of the Bosnian Serb media had started three days ago, adding that any disrespect of the rules they had adopted would be strictly sanctioned. Karadzic's photographs and posters were not allowed to be shown at any political and public meetings, which had been clearly said to Buha, Frowick said, warning that the Bosnian Serbs had to acknowledge that the elections were not taking place in Republika Srpska, but in the country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He expressed conviction that the elections scheduled for September 14 would pass in order, despite all the difficulties and although they would not be the picture of democracy. It was clear that the elections could not be held by western standards, Frowick said, expressing his belief that they could be held in reasonably democratic conditions. He stressed that the extension of the deadline for registering of voters abroad to August 8 was the last such extension. Voting abroad should take place from August 28. Commenting the situation in Mostar, Frowick stressed that he fully supported the stance of the European Union as regarded resolving the crisis. It was important that the international community stuck to its requests because that had proved to be risky many times in the past, Frowick said. (hina) lm 061528 MET aug 96