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| Hezb-e-Islami Shura Council Endorses Ashraf Ghani |
| 2014-05-12 |
| [Tolo News] With final results of the presidential election just days away, and a likely runoff round between the top two candidates on the horizon, the Hezb-e-Islami Shura announced support for Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Friday. Final results of the presidential and provincial council elections are expected on May 14. With none of the candidates getting over 50 percent of the preliminary vote count, a second round election is to take place between the leading candidate, 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... , and the second place candidate, Ashraf Ghani. "We decided to go with the people and support Dr. Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002, Ahmadzai 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. .. as the candidate of the Afghan people," Hezb-e-Islami Shura Council head Qazi Mohammad Amin Weqad said on Friday. He said ethnic inclusion was one of the group's top priorities, and that Ashraf Ghani and his team are the best in that area. "We want an administration that is formed on the basis of justice, an administration that reflects every ethnic groups," head of Hezb-e-Islami Mutahid-e-Afghanistan Wahidullah Sabawon said. Ashraf Ghani has asked Abdullah for cooperation and a coalition between them. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... Abdullah has categorically denied that any talks regarding the formation of a coalition government have occurred. "We don't want to represent a particular party, or some ethnic groups, we want to be the servants of all Afghan people," Ashraf Ghani said. "I ask Abdullah and his team to promise that no discrimination or division can exist among the people of Afghanistan, and any person or front man that believes in discrimination should be contested." |
| Posted by:Fred |