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| Afghanistan |
| 31 Parliamentary Candidates Removed |
| 2010-07-08 |
| A top official in the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said on Wednesday that 31 Afghan parliamentary candidates were removed Accused of having connections with illegal armed groups, these parliamentary candidates were deprived of taking part in Afghan parliamentary election, spokesperson for the ECC, Ahmad Zia Rafat, said. The Afghan ECC said that the removed names are those of the candidates from seventeen provinces of Afghanistan. The spokesperson for the Afghan ECC highlighted that they have received about 50 complaints against the candidates after they started their electoral campaigns. "The commission (which investigates about candidates' membership in the illegal armed groups) is part of the Independent Election Commission and has sent an official list to the ECC, introducing 31 candidates with membership in the illegal armed groups ," he said. Previously, the ECC had removed the names of five candidates when a primary list of parliamentary election candidates was announced. |
| Posted by:Fred |