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| Afghanistan |
| Govt Dictates Attorney General Against Election: Abdullah |
| 2010-12-16 |
| [Tolo News] Dr Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... Wednesday said Attorney General receives orders from the government to act against electoral commissions Abdullah, leader of Change and Hope Coalition, criticised the Attorney General's Office for its silence towards widespread fraud committed during Afghan presidential elections. He said the silent stance of Attorney General's Office then was controversial. But the Attorney General's Office denied having been under any kind of pressure from government. Interference of Attorney General's Office is against law and it will have unpleasant consequences for the system in the country, Abdullah said. The Attorney General's Office is being used as a tool by others, he said. While declining to give a specific name, he said everyone knows the person who the Attorney General's Office obeys. "It appears that they are being instructed from the top. If it's not so, then why the organisation didn't say a word during the fraudulent Presidential elections, while the whole world and Afghan people knew what was really going on. We even didn't hear a word," Abdullah said. "Regretfully, while we expect the organisations to operate within the framework of law and to ensure people of law enforcement, they act as if they are being used as tools by others," he further said. Deputy Attorney General denied being under any sort of pressure. He said extensive electoral irregularities and complaints by candidates made the organisation to consider a need to investigate about the vote counting process. "Attorney General's Office is under no pressure from any source and we run the process as a legal obligation. There were frauds committed during presidential elections too, but based on the law the elections went for a second round," said Rahmatullah Nazari, Deputy Attorney General. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... former Afghan MPs will continue their work in the House of Representatives for a second time, until a solution is found to put an end to the electoral disputes. Some former Afghan MPs at a gathering on Wednesday said they will resume their work based on the law, until the Afghanistan's Caped President and the Supreme Court come up with a decision. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Can we threaten karzai or have we lost our balls? |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Flainter9609 2010-12-16 03:46 |