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| Afghanistan |
| No Pull Out Acceptable In The Runoff: IEC |
| 2009-11-01 |
| [Quqnoos] A senior Afghan election official on Friday said no candidates can pull out of the next week's runoff election The message parallels rumors that President Karzai's main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, may quit the second round election. "Neither of candidates can pull out in the runoff. Their pictures are on the ballot papers and the time for withdrawal has passed," Dawod Ali Najafi, Chief Afghan Electoral Officer told Quqnoos. Dr Abdullah, the Afghan former Foreign Minister, put forward several conditions earlier this week for the Nov. 7 runoff election to be credible, including the calls for election chief sacking. He also called that the Afghan Interior, Education and Tribal Affairs ministers should be suspended from their positions during the election period. Dr Abdullah accused the Afghan ministers of being biased towards President Karzai and campaigning for him. President Karzai has rejected the demands by Mr Abdullah. From all his conditions only the distribution of observer cards had been approved, Najafi further said. Afghan election went to runoff after the Afghan vote fraud panel tossed out enough votes of Hamid Karzai out that caused the second round. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 He's done it. Must have been inspired by scuzzy. Wonder if he'll endorse Karzai. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-01 16:41 |