>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tanjug >>October 3, 2000 >> >>FEDERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION - DOS ELECTION STAFF MISINFORMING PUBLIC >> >>BELGRADE - The Federal Electoral Commission on Monday released a statement >>in reaction to "misinformation and false data constantly released by the >>Election Headquarters of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS)." >> >>"The Federal Electoral Commission points out that authorized persons from >>the Democratic Opposition of Serbia had had access to all election >material >>which they had demanded, and that they had been enabled insight into these >>materials in keeping with the Law on the election of the president of the >>Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in the official premises and within the >>prescribed deadline." >> >>The Commission said "the election campaign headquarters of Vojislav >>Kostunica announced in public in the past seven days first that their >>candidate won 2,783,870 votes on Tuesday, Sept 26, 2,649,003 on Wednesday, >>Sept 27, 2,424,187 votes on Saturday, Sept 30, and today, on Monday, Oct >2, >>2,414,876 votes." >> >>"They bombarded our public with figures that Vojislav Kostunica won >>2,649,003 votes, that this is 52.54 percent of the 5,041,878 votes cast," >>the Commission statement said, adding- >> >>"Today, they say that Vojislav Kostunica won 2,414,876 votes and that >>4,704,685 voters went to the polls. >> >>"In order to maintain a majority in his favor, they reduced the number of >>citizens who had voted by close to 350,000 - erasing all citizens who >voted >>in Kosovo and Metohija and displaced persons from Kosmet and all citizens >>who voted in Montenegro. >> >>"The Federal Electoral Commission is not obliged by manipulations or >>mistakes in the DOS Election Headquarters. >> >>"It was possible for the DOS Election Headquarters, since they had >>representatives in all polling stations and all records, to be assured of >>the legitimacy of the data released by the Federal Electoral Commission. >> >>"The Federal Electoral Commission has asked the Supervising Committee to >>warn the DOS Election Headquarters that spreading lies, threats to members >>of the Electoral Commission, calls for lynching, and provocation of >unrests >>present a form of impermissible pressure and intimidation of voters. >> >>"The Federal Electoral Commission informs the public that all preparations >>for holding the run-off to the election of Yugoslav president, set for Oct >>8, 2000, are proceeding in keeping with the law," the Commission statement >>said. >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
