[Tolo News] President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai had suggested to UN Special Envoy in Afghanistan and Head of IEC to help bring change in final results of parliamentary elections.
Some government and foreign sources told TOLOnews that UN envoy Staffan de Mistura and Fazl Ahmad Manawi Head of Election Commission had repeatedly talked about the suggestion, but they had emphasised not to respond to President Karzai's call.
President's Office acknowledged Karzai's meeting with De Mistura and Manawi, but dismissed the allegation claiming Karzai called for a change in elections' final results.
A foreign official who declined to be disclosed said President Hamid Karzai had several meetings with Afghan and foreign officials including De Mistura and Manawi to discuss a shift in final results of elections.
"President Karzai said there was a need for a change in final results of elections, because of stability and national interests," a foreign official with the knowledge of the meetings quote Staffan de Mistura as saying.
A source in Independent Election Commission also confirmed President Karzai's meetings with top electoral officials.
"I could say with full confidence that he [President Karzai] held talks with a number of commissioners and even head of IEC, but I think the efforts couldn't result in anything," a source in Election Commission said.
But when asked about President Karzai's meetings with elections decision-making officials, Karzai's spokesperson Wahid Omar said: "President Karzai talked in presence of Electoral Complaints Commission with Staffan de Mistura and Karzai had only wanted to curtail the final results not to damage Afghan stability."
"We have about seven commissioners and they were all present in each meeting of President Karzai with the commission. There was nothing discussed like Karzai suggesting to electoral officials to let any candidates in parliament because of stability," said IEC Spokesperson, Noor Mohammad Noor. "And this is something that IEC would not do."
An official in the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said President Karzai's talk with top electoral officials on electoral issues is not something beyond the Afghan law.
"President Karzai had held several talks with elections leadership before and after elections. And this is something common," Mr Noor said.
But President Karzai's spokesperson remarks a bit differently.
"President Karzai had two meetings with elections watch dog and IEC and in each talk the President urged the commissions to prevent people's votes being misused and elections' results should reflect people's votes," Mr Omar said.
President Hamid Karzai recently approved a proposal about formation of a special court to handle and end electoral disputes.
Afghan and foreign officials interviewed by TOLOnews didn't express optimism about the new court.
Officials said disputes will end up with a new series of quarrels between government and electoral commissions.
A top Afghan official said on condition of anonymity that they want to displace some candidates in the House of Representatives by sparking electoral disputes.
A source from IEC told TOLOnews while requesting for anonymity that there are efforts to collect evidence about the allegedly fraudulent Presidential Elections in which Karzai won in the second round.
After the special court ends electoral disputes, the collected evidence about Presidential Elections would be submitted to the court for investigation.