Electoral staff necessarily to be sacked

The executive office on Thursday said that president Ghani will issue a decree for the creation electoral reforms commissions in the near future.

Spokesman of the executive office is said to consider the brining changes in electoral commission’s leadership 100 percent and warned that no election will be held without sacking electoral staffs.

The government of national unity takes its first steps to sack electoral staff over alleged fraud and brining reforms in electoral institutions.

The executive office accepts that still different views exist between President and the chief of executive officer but emphasizes that holding a transparent election would be disastrous and impossible without changing the leadership of electoral bodies.

Deputy of spokesman of executive office, Jawid Faisal said, “Works completed for the creation of electoral reforms commissions and we are waiting for president’s decree in the coming days.”

Sources close to the chief of executive officer, Abdullah Abdullah said that the formation of electoral reforms commission will not take much of time.

“The list of staffs for electoral reforms commissions has finalized by the executive office and the commission will be created soon.” said sources close to CEO.

In the meantime, the observing electoral institutions called on assignment of the leadership of electoral reforms commission to civil society and emphasized that if electoral system not reform in the coming days, the current government will also fall apart.

Jandad Spin Ghar, head of Afghanistan election watch said, “Civil activists shall constitute one third of the members of the electoral reforms commission.”

Reforming the electoral system was one the basic agreements made in the government of national unity.

Reported by Fawad Naseri