BOSNIAN REFUGEES VOTE IN BIG NUMBER

SARAJEVO, Sept 6 (Hina) - According to data of the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, almost 63 per cent of Bosnian refugees, who registered to vote abroad, had until today filled in ballots and sent them by post, OSCE spokeswoman Agota Cuperman said in Sarajevo on Friday. The electoral turnout in Croatia was 76 per cent, in Yugoslavia 70 per cent, while the biggest turnout was in Finland with 92 per cent of voters. Cuperman today confirmed that the OSCE Mission had been informed about the incidents which had taken place at a Wednesday election rally of the Serbian Democratic Party in the Serb- controlled part of the Sarajevo district of Dobrinja. That rally saw Serb leaders Biljana Plavsic and Momcilo Krajisnik and most party lists' heads remind the gathered of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, pointing them out as heroes. There were also many posters featuring Karadzic, supposed to have been circulated by the organizers of the rally. The Electoral Appellate Commission already started an investigation at the request of the Party of Democratic Action. If it is determined that election rules and regulations were violated at that rally, the Commission is authorized to remove persons responsible for such actions from candidate lists. The final decision is expected on 10 September. (hina) ha jn 061724 MET sep 96