... 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...alleges that the country’s recent presidential election is fraudulent.
Abdullah’s running mate for second vice president, Asadullah Saadati, made the accusation at a presser on Saturday, claiming that "circles within the Independent Election Commission (IEC) are colluding with the State Building team and are trying to organize a systematic fraud."
The State Building team is the campaign of Afghanistan’s incumbent President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
, Abdullah’s main rival in the September vote.
"We assure the people of Afghanistan that we will not let anyone violate the election law, including the commission, and if the commission follows the law, we will stand beside them and if they violate the law, we will stand against them," said Saadati.
The guarantee for accuracy is the biometric device, and the only valid votes are those processed through biometric devices, but for the past two days the IEC has been entering non-biometric votes into the system, which is contrary to the law as well as pre-election agreements, Afghanistan’s Tolo News further quoted Saadati as saying.
"Some people in the IEC are trying to enter fraudulent votes into the system and yesterday we noticed that the process of entering the fraudulent votes in the system was underway and if this process continues, our team will stand against any suspicious action," he added.
Election officials have already urged all candidates to show restraint until preliminary results are out next week. But two days after the September 28 presidential election, Abdullah claimed victory against his rival Ghani. His declaration sparked criticism both at home and abroad.
Abdullah is seeking the presidency for the third time, after losing in 2009 and 2014.