IFOR EXPECTS INCIDENTS IN 12 B-H MUNICIPALITIES ON ELECTION DAY

SARAJEVO, 24 Aug (Hina) - IFOR officials in Sarajevo have estimated that 12 municipalities in Bosnia-Herzegovina represent potential critical areas in which incidents could be expected during the 14 September general elections. #L# IFOR spokesman Max Marriner on Saturday named those critical areas - Velika Kladusa, Prijedor, Brcko, Doboj, Jajce, Srebrenica, Novi Travnik, Vitez, Busovaca, Fojnica, Kiseljak and Stolac. It was expected that a large number of displaced persons and refugees would arrive in those areas on the election day, which could cause incidents, Marriner said, adding that tension could arise in case someone tried to prevent those people from voting in their pre-war places of residence. Another 13 municipalities were considered potentially critical. Those are Cazin, Bosanski Novi, Banja Luka, Teslic, Tesanj, Zepce, Vares, Mostar, Nevesinje, Capljina, Rogatica, Zvornik and Ugljevik. The provision of security conditions for elections was the task of local police forces, Marriner said, adding that IFOR was ready to provide support in case of major incidents. Special operative headquarters within the OSCE mission was still considering concrete security measures which could be taken on the election day, Marriner said. (hina) rm 241549 MET aug 96