Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 19, 2020 The long-awaited result of Afghanistan’s bitterly disputed presidential election was expected to end months of uncertainty. Instead, President Ashraf Ghani’s reelection has triggered a political crisis that has threatened to spill over into violence and derail a historic peace deal between the United States and the Taliban.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 19, 2020 KABUL– Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has called on his supporters to take to the streets to protest the reelection of President Ashraf Ghani. But reports from across Afghanistan say that, despite Dostum’s rallying cry, there was little sign of major protests or celebrations by Afghans weary
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News February 18, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Five months after Afghanistan’s presidential election, the country’s top electoral body Tuesday declared incumbent President Ashraf Ghani a winner for a second term while his top rival Abdullah Abdullah’s team called the decision “illegal.” The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan said Ghani won 50.6 percent of
Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has started the audit of disputed votes and will announce the final results of the September presidential elections within the next two days, the deputy of the commission said. The process was delayed for three days because of a protest from Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign team. Click
Tolo News: First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has threatened to form a “parallel government” under the leadership of Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of the National Unity Government, if the election commission “announces fraudulent results of the presidential elections,” which were held on September 28, 2019. Speaking at a gathering in the northern
Tolo News: Afghan citizens at a gathering in Kabul on Friday expressed anger over the delay in the announcement of the final results of the presidential elections, which were held on September 28 last year. They said that the election stalemate has left a significant impact on the country’s political and security situation. “If the
Tolo News: Four months and seven days have passed since the presidential elections were held, but still the exact announcement date of the final results is unclear. On the basis of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) timetable, the commissions—both the IEC and Independent Elections Complaints Commission (IECC)—were supposed to declare the final results on November
Tolo News: Mohammad Qasim Elyasi, the spokesman of the Independent Electoral Complainants Commission (IECC), said they will make a decision about the 300,000 disputed votes soon. Some election campaign team consider the 300,000 votes “fraudulent,” and urged the IECC not to count them. President Ghani achieved 923,868 votes in the first round of the election that
Tolo News: Afghanistan`s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) said on Thursday that their investigation has shown that 1,645 polling centers will be recounted in 18 provinces, and the recounting process will start on Saturday. Mohammad Qasim Elyasi, spokesman for the IECC, said that most of the polling centers that need recounting are located in Nangarhar
Tolo News: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) said up to 8,500 complaints from 31 provinces are “serious” and can impact the total number of votes – which is more than 1.8 million. The preliminary presidential election results were announced on December 22 and the IECC received over 16,500 complaints mainly from three campaign teams –