SDA DEMANDS THAT ELECTION RESULTS IN REPUBLIKA SRPSKA BE ANNULLED

SARAJEVO, 14 Sept (Hina) - The leading Bosnian Muslim Party of Democratic Action (SDA) on Saturday demanded that the elections in the Serb entity be annulled, adding that the elections in Republika Srpska had not been conducted in line with regulations provided for in the Dayton agreement. SDA Central Committee President Halid Genjac sent a letter to the United Nations saying that the international community had pledged to secure conditions for free and democratic elections on the whole territory of Bosnia- Herzegovina, but failed to do so. #L# The lack of basic democratic conditions had led to new irregularities at polling stations, Genjac said, adding that the election results in the Serb entity were not valid. The SDA further asked that the U.N. Security Council voice its opinion on this problem and that talks be held with the head of the OSCE mission in Bosnia, Robert Frowick, OSCE Vice President Flavio Cotti and the coordinator of international monitors in Bosnia, Edward van Thijn. The Bosnian Ambassador to the United Nations, Muhamed Sacirbey, said that the SDA did not want the entire election results to be annulled, but it wanted to warn that irregularities in the voting procedure showed that the elections in Republika Srpska had not been conducted in line with election rules. (hina) rm 142150 MET sep 96