E.U. OMBUDSMAN'S DECISION DETRIMENTAL - PULJIC

MOSTAR, July 7 (Hina) - Last night's decision by the EU ombudsman not to nullify election results from the Bonn polling station "has created a kind of legal insecurity and can be very dangerous," the president of the Mostar branch of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, Mile Puljic, told Mostar radio on Sunday. EU ombudsman Constantin Zepos had first delayed Mostar elections, then he accepted one list of candidates after the registration deadline and now he overruled a decision by the municipal election commission, undermining its authority, he said. "We are disappointed with Zepos's understanding of professional ethics and legal norms, and he has certainly done great damage to the legal system. Our party has not even been informed of his decision," Puljic was quoted as saying by the Bosnian Croat news agency Habena. (hina) vm 071609 MET jul 96