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| Karzai With Sole Authority Over BSA: Officials |
| 2013-12-06 |
[Tolo News] In response to recent remarks suggesting another top-ranking Afghan official could sign Kabul-Washington security pact instead of President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday maintained that only the President has authority over the accord. President Karzai announced after the Loya Jirga recommended signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) that he would not sign the pact until after the April elections and only if the U.S. met new preconditions, including ending raids on Afghan homes and advancing talks with the Taliban. Karzai has received a great deal of flack for his maneuver inside Afghanistan and the U.S. has warned that the entire deal, which outlines a residual troop presence after the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... combat mission ends in 2014 and commits some 4.1 billion USD in military aid, could be in jeopardy if it is not finalized before the end of the year. This week, U.S. officials suggested another top Afghan official, such as the Minister of Defense, could sign the accord instead of president Karzai. U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... spoke on the subject after a NATO meeting in brussels on Wednesday. "I think it is important for the agreement to try to move forward," Kerry said. It doesn't have to be the "president," he said, not finishing the word. "You know, his minister of defense can sign it, the government can sign it, somebody can accept responsibility for this," Kerry added. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... on Thursday, the front man for the Afghan Ministry of Foreign affairs, Janan Mosazai, said that President Karzai would make the final decision on the BSA signing. "BSA signing is only the authority of the President of Afghanistan and the government of Afghanistan will only act in accordance with the will of President Karzai," Mosazai said. "In other words, it's up to President Karzai to decide if the BSA will be signed at the level of Presidents of both countries or at a different level between the countries." The 64th Article of the Afghan Constitution gives the President the right to authorize someone else for signing global agreements. Meaning that, President Karzai could theoretically choose someone else to sign the accord in his place. But Mosazai maintained on Thursday that the security agreement between Kabul and Washington would be signed in suitable time, so long as the U.S. meets the preconditions laid out by Karzai. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ummmm.... how about the Secretary of Flowers, he could sign. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-06 17:37 |