BOSNIAN CROATS IN MUNICH PROTEST OVER ELECTION IRREGULARITIES

MUNICH, 13 Sept (Hina) - The Croat community 'Herceg-Bosna' from Munich on Friday sent a letter to the Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bonn, protesting over certain irregularities which occurred during the preparations for Bosnian elections. The Croat community 'Herceg-Bosna' received numerous reports on irregularities and injustice of the Bonn OSCE Office towards Bosnian Croats working in Germany and members of their families, as well as towards Croat refugees, the letter said. A large number of Bosnian Croat refugees, who were currently living in Germany, did not receive election material although they had registered with the Bonn Office, the letter said. Many Croats did not receive any answer to their request to vote and many of them received notes saying that P-2 forms they had sent had been rejected. Many of them received wrong forms or forms without registration numbers or wrong ballots, the letter said. The Croat community 'Herceg-Bosna' demanded from OSCE to carry out a thorough investigation in the Bonn Office and allow all Bosnian Croats to take part in the 14 September elections. The protest letter was also sent to the Office of the Croatian President, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Presidency in Zagreb and Mostar, the President of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kresimir Zubak, the German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel. (hina) rm 131804 MET sep 96