Afghan Presidential Candidate Abdullah Rejects Audit Results

[gadoonwal]

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Afghan Presidential Candidate Rejects Audit Results





Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Sept. 8, 2014.








Ayaz Gul
September 08, 2014 10:17 AM

ISLAMABAD— Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the results of a United Nations-led vote audit aimed at clarifying who won the country's June 14 runoff election.
Abdullah insisted Monday that he'd won, adding that talks with rival Ashraf Ghani on forming a unity government were deadlocked. His announcement dashed hopes that a new president could be inaugurated soon.
The audit of eight million votes was completed September 5, though final results have yet to be released.
Hours after a final unsuccessful round of discussions with Ghani to strike a power-sharing deal, Abdullah said the audit process failed to explain an extra one million votes cast in the second round of elections.
"The future of a stable Afghanistan … could not be based on the foundation of fraud or fraudulent government," Abdullah said.
He said the country would not be "a viable partner with the international community" and said it already had suffered "for acceptance of fraudulent outcome of 2009 elections."
FILE - Candidates Ashraf Ghani, left, and Abdullah Abdullah give a news briefing in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 12, 2014.

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FILE - Candidates Ashraf Ghani, left, and Abdullah Abdullah give a news briefing in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 12, 2014.


Abdullah had finished second in the fraud-marred 2009 presidential election that gave the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, a second term in office. Karzai had planned to leave office earlier this summer.
Obama urged compromise
Monday’s announcement by the former Afghan foreign minister came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama telephoned him and Ghani, urging them to agree on a national unity government as soon as possible.
Though Abdullah would not discuss many details of the conversation, he said, "Obama reiterated the commitment of the United States, once this government is formed, in supporting Afghanistan."
Abdullah again accused the government and national electoral institutions of being part of what he alleged was an “industrial-scale fraud” in the runoff vote to help his opponent win the race.
He also criticized the U.N.-supervised audit and a "flawed" process of invalidating suspicious ballots, saying his campaign’s concerns and complaints went unheeded.
Abdullah said he would consult the Afghan people before taking his next step. He didn't explain how he'd consult them.
He led the first round of presidential election in April, but preliminary results of the June runoff put former finance minister Ghani ahead of him by a million votes.
Both sides alleged election fraud and Abdullah threatened to form a parallel government. The political crisis prompted the United Nations and Washington to intervene and persuaded the presidential rivals to agree on a comprehensive vote audit
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[gadoonwal]

Abdullah is extremely dangerous for the peacefull and united afghanistan.
He is taking the country to another civil war.
He think that the army,agencies and media is control by ethnic tajik and he can do whatever he likes to get the top job.
His gang northren allaince is well known for war crimes and human rights abuse.
Warlords and extremists brought distruction to afghanistan.
Both parties ruined the country.
He will try to seizes power illegally.
The international community should put Pressure on him to accept the result and accept the offer of power sharing govt .
He was not the right person to participate in the election cus his party commited war crimes against humanity..

[khushal]

Ghani also has a warlord named Dostom in his team. They are both frauds and the whole government is garbage because it can not protect its people similar to how the gov of Pakistan is garbage.

[gadoonwal]

Then who should rule the country?
warlords or talibs?
If democratically elected leader is not accepted then lets the outsiders and warlords continue their business.
who will suffer?
poor people .
Dostum is warlord but he apologised for his crimes.
He is no longer part of the old team of N/A.
Lets say Dostum join N/A and then what will happen?
pashtuns in the north will suffer and the country could break up cus Abdullah,s team is waiting for that movement.
Dostum,s allaince with Ghani is good for afghanistan and pashtuns.
9% uzbiks are on the side of democratically elected leader.