Скачать или смотреть WRAP Serb voters voting for new president; pres candidates cast ballots

(9 Dec 2007)
Banja Luka
1. Ognjen Tadic, leader of the nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS), arriving at polling station with family
2. Tadic registering to vote, then walks to polling booth
3. Tadic holding his son as he places voting card in ballot box
4. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Ognjen Tadic, Leader of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS):
"I have succeeded with this election in gaining a few wins, and everyone has accepted the policies that we have in mind. Others have started rewriting what I said, today honesty is not a category that you are ashamed of in politics. Unity is something which everyone wants, and if I win, that will be the crown of all victories, and I'm happy with all my victories."
5. Pan right to left of sign at entrance of polling station at Banja Luka
Laktasi
6. Milorad Dodik, leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, entering polling station with family
7. Dodik registering to vote
8. Dodik signing ballot paper
9. Dodik placing ballot paper in box followed by wife doing same
10. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Milorad Dodik, leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and Prime Minister of Republika Srpska:
"This is a vote for Republika Srpska, this is a vote that needs to show that people in Republika Srpska view every election as very important, and that is why all of them have to come out to vote. These elections are held because president Jelic died suddenly. We are convinced that the election result will further stabilise Republika Srpska in a political manner, which represents further stabilisation in the economic, social, and every other sphere. I can see people are coming out to vote and that is good. What I do know is that everything is all right as far as voting is concerned."
11. Wide of Dodik and family
STORYLINE
Bosnian Serb prime minister Milorad Dodik voted in Banja Luka on Sunday at the presidential elections in the Republika Srpska (Serb Republic).
Another candidate in the elections, Ognjen Tadic of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) also cast his ballot, 40 kilometres away in Laktasi.
The main frontrunners, according to political analysts, are Rajko Kuzmanovic and Mladen Ivani, both of whom cast their votes earlier on in Banja Luka with their wives.
Ognjen Tadic, the leader of the nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS), said he thought he had succeeding in gaining some voters, and complained that some of his remarks had been inaccurately reported.
"Honesty is not a category that you are ashamed of in politics. Unity is something which everyone wants, and if I win, that will be the crown of all victories, and I'm happy with all my victories," he said.
Dodik, the leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), and Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, said the vote was important for the people of Republika Srpska.
"We are convinced that the election result will further stabilise Republika Srpska in a political manner, which represents further stabilisation in the economic, social, and every other sphere. I can see people are coming out to vote and that is good. What I do know is that everything is all right as far as voting is concerned," he said.
Bosnian Serbs were voting for a new president following the death of President Milan Jelic two months ago.
Some 1.1 million voters will chose among 10 candidates for the presidency of Republika Srpska, one of the two mini-states that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Most of the power in the mini-state lies with the current prime minister, Dodik.
Preliminary results are expected to be announced at midnight.

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