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| Afghanistan |
| Coalition Government Only Solution to Electoral Tensions |
| 2014-07-11 |
| [Tolo News] The United States' Special Representative to Afghanistan, James Dobbins, has suggested an option for settling the ongoing electoral stalemate could be to form a coalition government and save the country from division. Mr. Dobbins said that a winner-take-all system in Afghanistan "is not a workable option" and stressed that an Afghan government needs to be inclusive if it is to be successful. The comments came just days before U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... is expected to meet with the two presidential candidates in Kabul. Mr. Kerry hopes to help resolve the disputes between the two men, which have largely bore out over the issue of fraud in mid-June's runoff election. One of 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... 's running mates, Mohammad Mohaqeq, offered a response to Dobbins' comments by suggesting a series of other options to put an end to the election impasse. First, he offered the invalidation of fake votes from genuine votes in the presence of international observers and the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... ; second, the formation of a coalition government on the basis of the votes from the first round of the election; and third, the structuring of a transitional government on the basis of transparent elections with a new face as president and the electoral bodies reconstituted. "The runoff election can't be the foundation for the formation of a coalition government, because nearly three million votes in this round are void and the world knows the disgrace, how can we take it as a foundation?" Mohaqeq asked. "Then it will be clear how many votes Reforms and Solidarity Team keeps, and how many votes go to Ashraf Ghani and other candidates including Dr. Zalmai Rassoul ... former foreign minister and a very close confidant of Hamid Karzai. Before serving as foreign minister Rassoul also spent seven years laboring as a national security adviser to the president. An ethnic Pashtun born in Kabul, Rassoul was the valedictorian of his class at the illustrious Franco-American school in Kabul, Lycee Istiqal. He has an MD from the Paris Medical School in France..... , Ustad Sayyaf, Gul Agha Sherzai ...former governor of Kandahar province. the Taliban got their start protecting people against him... , so a coalition government must be formed on the basis of votes of these candidates," he added. Mohaqeq also discussed the third option briefly, but he admitted to knowing little about its "legal interpretation". Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Big Shirley was still trying to snatch Nunzio bald-headed. She was already halfway there... Ashraf Ghani's camp has come out against the formation of a coalition government, but more recently left the door open for possible negotiations on the subject. "Until now we do not believe in the formation of a coalition government, it was rejected according to our principles, now the situation is very critical, we must think, political options will be in the bargaining in discussions," Ghani camp member Assadullah Saadati said. |
| Posted by:Fred |