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| Abdullah Leading Third Round of Partial Results |
| 2014-04-25 |
| [Tolo News] The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) announced Thursday evening the third round of partial results with Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... in the lead. Head of IEC Ahmad Yousaf Nuristani revealed Abdullah leading with 43.8 percent, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai trailing behind with 32.9 percent and Zalmai Rassoul ... former foreign minister and a very close confidant of Hamid Karzai. Before serving as foreign minister Rassoul also spent seven years laboring as a national security adviser to the president. An ethnic Pashtun born in Kabul, Rassoul was the valedictorian of his class at the illustrious Franco-American school in Kabul, Lycee Istiqal. He has an MD from the Paris Medical School in France..... still behind with 11.7 percent. Today's partial result announcement consisted of 82.59 percent of votes nationwide. Presidential candidate Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf ...Afghan Salafist warlord, owned by Saudi Arabia. He was the guy who invited al-Qaeda to come into Afghanistan and make themselves at home... is in fourth with 7.0 percent, Qutbuddin Helal carrying 2.8 percent, Gul Agha Sherzai ...former governor of Kandahar province. the Taliban got their start protecting people against him... with 1.6 percent, Daoud Sultanzoy with 0.5 percent and Hedayat Amin Arsala in last with 0.2 percent. Total votes for today's partial result was 5,857,442; roughly six million. The breakdown of the votes is as follows: Abdullah with 2,564,284; Ghani with 1,928,153; Rassoul with 652,116; Sayyaf with 409,879; Helal with 165,567; Sherzai with 96,407; Sultanzoy with 27,312; and Arsala with 13,724 votes. Nuristani said there are 1,719 polling sites that are still being investigated. He adds that it is too soon to determine whether a runoff will take place or not. "We cannot comment whether the election will go into a runoff, but we are ready if it does," he said. "The delay with preliminary results will not affect the final outcome." Nuristani also added, that more frauds were conducted by IEC staff and that they will be dealt with by the legal and judicial institutions. Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan's Chairman, Nadir Nadiri, said that the audits of suspicious ballots should be performed before presidential candidates and observers. Leading presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said in an interview with TOLOnews that he is waiting for the announcement of preliminary results. He criticized the IEC and their reasoning behind delaying preliminary results saying, "Their reason behind it is not satisfactory." "The remaining 17 percent will have a great impact on the final outcome of elections," Abdullah said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 damn symbol fail |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-04-25 11:00 |
| #1 AbdullahË› |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-04-25 10:58 |