[Tolo News] The special tribunal to address Afghan parliamentary poll disputes says it will seal ballot boxes in 34 provinces.The move is to prevent any more irregularities until the Special Tribunal addresses the complaints.
Sediqullah Haqiq, head of the Special Tribunal, says there are allegations against three sitting parliamentarians who will lose seats in case allegations are proved.
The three accused parliamentarians have been summoned to the special tribunal and the court warns to make a decision in absentia if they do not present themselves for questioning.
Mr Haqiq refused to name the accused MPs but said they are from Faryab, Takhar and Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
provinces.
Out of complaints related to 34 provinces, the tribunal will look into complaints from 12 provinces for the investigations.
The tribunal has been ready to start investigations for the last four days, but the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission has not yet expressed its readiness to cooperate, says Mr Haqiq.
"We have made all our decision based on Afghan laws. We have ordered that ballot boxes of 34 provinces be sealed until we finish addressing the complaints," Sediqullah Haqiq, Head of Special Tribunal, said.
The tribunal says the investigations will be done in presence of representatives from 15 governmental and non-governmental organisations including representatives from provincial courts of appeal.
The provinces in which investigations are to start include Kabul, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Zabul, Helmand, Herat, Balkh, Baghlan, Kunduz, Faryab, Samangan and Badakhshan.