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Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Abdullah claims wins first round of election

2019-10-01

[PRESSTV] Afghanistan’s chief executive 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...
, President Ashraf Ghani

...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
’s top rival, has claimed that he has won the weekend’s first round of presidential election.

Abdullah is seeking the presidency for the third time. He lost in 2009 and 2014.

The Afghan chief executive said at a news conference on Monday that his team would "make the new government."

"We have the most votes in this election," Abdullah said, adding, "The results will be announced by the IEC (Independent Election Commission), but we have the most votes. The election is not going to go to a second round."

Abdullah also mentioned reports that "some government officials" had meddled in the election process.

Several videos on social media purport to show election workers stuffing ballots in favor of Ghani.

Zuhra Bayan Shinwari, head of the IEC complaints division, said the panel had so far received 2,569 complaints.

The IEC has yet to finish tallying the election turnout.

Tolo News adds:

Shortly after Abdullah’s remarks, the head of the Election Commission Secretariat, Habib-Ur-Rahman Nang, said candidates have no right to announce their “victory.”

“Only the election commission has the right to announce the election results,” Nang said.

He mentioned that election materials from 294 districts have been transferred to the centers of provinces.

According to Nang, the commission has received almost 7,500 result sheets so far.

From Khaama Press, reports of claims of ballot box stuffing and:

Meanwhile, it is expected that the election commission would announce the preliminary vote results within the next 20 days.

Posted by:Fred

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