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Electoral Reform Commission shared people’s recommendations with Senate Members
KABUL: Exemption from punishment and support of the corrupt and illegal conductors in the electoral commissions are the main reasons why Afghanistan’s elections went into crisis, a senate member said.
A joint meeting was held between the Electoral Reforms Commission and members of the Senate House in Kabul on Saturday.
The electoral reforms commission members have travelled to a number of provinces in Afghanistan to collect people’s recommendations and views regarding bringing reforms in the electoral system.
The following recommendations were highlighted by the head of the Commission as the main request from Afghans across the country: heavy penalty for electoral fraudsters, ensuring the security, distributing the electronic ID card for citizens, cancelling all distributed electoral cards, preparing a voter list, preparation of a procedure to investigate electoral complaints, allocating parliament seats for political parties, downsizing the polling centers, transferring the single non-transferable voting system (SNTV) to transferable voting system.
“Electoral commissions must be responsible for their actions,” Shah Sultan Akefi head of the Special Electoral Reforms Commission said.
Senate members emphasized to anticipate a heavy punishment for fraud in electoral laws.
“Impunity from punishment has been changed to a culture, and even a number of parliament members and myself support corrupt and outlaws,” Mohammad Alam Ezadyar first deputy of the senate house criticized.
The Special Electoral Reforms Commission will provide their recommendations to the national unity government in three steps, but electoral observer organizations emphasize that NUG leaders will deal politically to the electoral related issues.
Reported by: Ahmad Farshad Saleh
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Three road construction projects launched in Kabul
Three road construction projects worth about one billion Afghanis started in capital Kabul on Saturday.
The projects were inaugurated by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The projects are: the second phase of Kotal Khairkhane road, the first part of the Shahid square to Qasaba, and the Airport road to Gumruk.
In the inauguration ceremony, Mullah Baradar said that Kabul municipality is working hard to beautify and regulate the city, and people should cooperate with the government in protecting public benefit projects.
He directed the officials of Kabul municipality to complete the mentioned projects on time and with good quality.
The second phase of Kotel Khairkhaneh road is 2.5 kilometers long and 60 meters wide. Thie road will cost 364 million Afghanis and will be completed in 20 months.
The Shahid square-Qasaba road is 1.8 kilometers long and 45 meters wide, which will be built at a cost of 175 million Afghanis in one year.
The Airport-Gumruk road is 2.7 km long and 60 meters wide, which will be completed at a cost of 407 million Afghanis in 20 months.
The projects are funded by Kabul Municipality.
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Russian defense minister says main threat for SCO countries emanates from Afghanistan
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said on Friday that the main threat for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members emanates from Afghanistan where international terrorist groups find shelter due to unstable and indefinite political situation.
Speaking at a meeting of the SCO defense ministers in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Shoygu said Washington has stepped up efforts to restore its positions in Central and South Asia that were lost after the withdrawal of coalition troops from Afghanistan, Anadolu Agency reported.
The military chief called “unacceptable” the deployment of the American military infrastructure in the region, arguing that intentions should be regarded as “a direct threat to stability in the SCO space.”
According to him, the US is trying to impose a new security system in the Asia-Pacific region for dominance.
This comes as the Islamic Emirate has repeatedly emphasized that it does not allow anyone to pose threats to any other country from Afghanistan soil.
Recently, Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid said that no destructive groups including Daesh have physical presence in Afghanistan,
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IEA calls Mujahideen Victory Day ‘freedom day’
In a statement on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the victory of the Mujahideen against the then communist government, the Islamic Emirate said that it is a day of freedom of the Afghan nation.
The Islamic Emirate described the coup by People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan on 27th April 1978 as a dark day in history, as a result of which the people of Afghanistan suffered severe human and financial losses.
The statement said that the Afghan nation suffered huge casualties in their 14-year struggle against the thoughts and actions of the communists, as 1.5 million people died and millions more faced various hardships.
“After 20 years of Jihad, our country was freed from another occupation and the Islamic system was established, so the Islamic Emirate will make its utmost efforts so that the fruits of decades of sacrifice and struggle of this nation are not wasted,” the statement said.
“It was the wish of the martyrs to fully implement the Islamic system in the country, and therefore, the Islamic Emirate is trying to facilitate development and prosperity under the shadow of the Islamic system in order to realize the goals of the Afghan people’s jihads,” it added.
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