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| Loser of Afghan run-off will have role in new govt: US |
| 2014-07-15 |
| [ZEENEWS.INDIA] Afghanistan's new leader -- whoever it may be -- will include the loser of the presidential runoff in a proposed unity government, a US official said on Monday. The United States served as a key broker in Saturday's breakthrough in Kabul which saw Afghanistan's rival claimants to the presidency, 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 Ashraf Ghani, agree to an audit of all votes cast. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Gee, sorta like our pre-Article 12 days: "Constitutionally, the manner for choosing electors is determined within each state by its legislature. During the first presidential election in 1789, only 6 of the 13 original states chose electors by any form of popular vote. Gradually throughout the years, the states began conducting popular elections to help choose their slate of electors, resulting in the overall, nationwide indirect election system that it is today. Under the original system established by Article Two, electors could cast two votes to two different candidates for president. The candidate with the highest number of votes (provided it was a majority of the electoral votes) became the president, and the second-place candidate became the vice president." Hope it works out better for the Afghani's than it did us. How do they "do" duels in AfPak, anyway? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-07-15 12:42 |