Diplomats explain the purpose of this electoral engineering is to secure Serb control over pivotal towns inside the 49 per cent of Bosnia known as the Serb republic , consolidating through the ballot box what was initially taken in war .
<response> Diplomats explain the purpose of this electoral engineering is to secure <misc>Serb</misc> control over pivotal towns inside the 49 per cent of <location>Bosnia</location> known as the <misc>Serb</misc> republic , consolidating through the ballot box what was initially taken in war . </response>