SILAJDZIC AGAIN ANNOUNCES TO BOYCOTT ELECTIONS

SARAJEVO, Aug 25 (Hina) - President of the Party for Bosnia- Herzegovina Haris Silajdzic on Saturday announced the possibility of boycotting the upcoming September elections. At a pre-election gathering in Berlin, Silajdzic said that "to accept the elections under such conditions would mean to act against the rights of people who had been exiled from their homes under the threat of death," a statement from the party's centre in Sarajevo said on Sunday. Silajdzic also warned that such actions would represent assistance to the aggressor in the accomplishment of his goals, the statement said. Commenting the stance of the international community as regards the holding of the elections, Silajdzic stressed that nobody had the right to ask Bosnian citizens to act against themselves. "We understand the priorities of western countries, but when it comes to the violation of interests and basic rights of our citizens, we absolutely have to refuse," Silajdzic said in Berlin. (hina) lm 251920 MET aug 96