OSCE'S ELECTORAL SUB-COMMISSION WARNS OF IRREGULARITIES IN REGISTR

REGISTR $ Y OF VOTERS SARAJEVO, Aug 21 (Hina) - The Electoral Subcommission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) which is in charge of supervising the process of pre-election activities and ensuring they are performed in line with the electoral regulations, on Wednesday requested that the president of the local electoral commission in Mostar step down from his post due to discovered irregularities concerning the registry of voters. The OSCE also pronounced penalty measures for the Bosnian Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). #L# The statement issued by OSCE in Sarajevo on Wednesday said that a member of the Bosnian HDZ had gathered filled out registry forms from the registry office in Jasenica without authorization. The president of the local electoral commission would have to be replaced because he was responsible for the employees' mistakes, the statement said. That had been a serious violation of integrity, confidentiality and unbiasness of the process of registering voters, the statement said. The party would have to pay 10,000 U.S. dollars penalty, the statement said. (hina) lm 212040 MET aug 96