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| Afghanistan |
| Final Results of Elections Called Illegal |
| 2010-11-25 |
| [Tolo News] The Attorney General's Office Wednesday evening declared the final results of parliamentary elections illegal and ahead of time With the issue of a statement, the Attorney General's Office said some high-ranking Afghan officials are involved in the illegal announcement of the final results. The Attorney General is determined to investigate frauds and violations in electoral commissions to bring fraud organisers to justice. After months of investigations on votes, ruling out bulk of votes and disqualifying many candidates in the process, the Independent Election Commission eventually announced the final results of elections on Wednesday. The IEC has denied being under any sort of pressures by the government, foreigners and power-holders and as ever before emphasised on its independence. The Attorney General suspended the spokespersons for Electoral Complaints Commission and Independent Election Commission on Tuesday over corruption allegations. "Decisions over the fate of candidates have been taken in Dubai and Kabul money exchange market. I have evidence about it," said Afghanistan's Attorney General at a presser on Tuesday. But in reaction to the allegations by Attorney General's Office, head of the IEC urged the Attorney General to provide evidence. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society, in a statement released today, "strongly" welcomed today's certification of the final results. The statement also supported IEC's decision to take more time to finalise certification of Ghazni province poll results. |
| Posted by:Fred |