Electoral Reform Commission ended mission after delivering final list of proposals

Special Electoral Reform Commission ended its mission on Monday after submitting its last package of recommendations to the government of Afghanistan.

“Election is a national and legal process which determines the fate of the people of a country. We have collected a number of recommendations by discussing and consulting with a number of people, and personalities to provide an effective short-term and long-term reforms for the Afghanistan’s electoral system,” Shah Sultan Akefi, Chief of the Electoral Reform Commission said.

Akefi emphasized that effective this date it is the government’s responsibility to take practical actions on our recommendations in order to bring reforms in the electoral system.

“This commission was launched based on the decree number forty of the President of Afghanistan, our decision making process is vivid to the President, we have agreed in majority after voting to submit this package to the government and practical steps and responsibly on the implementation of these packages goes to the government,” he stated.

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah – Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer on Saturday called their duty a ” historic responsibility” and promised to implement their recommendations. Abdullah thanked the commission for their hard-working to increase people’s trust in election and democracy.

The commission praised a number of media outlets for public awareness of their activities and described the role of media very important in this process.

The Special Electoral Reform Commission was tasked by the President and Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan to come up with specific proposals for the reforms in the electoral system and to contribute to increase people’s trust in democracy in Afghanistan.

Reported by: Rafi Sediqi