EWA Criticizes Electoral Commissioners Selection Process

The Election Watch Organization of Afghanistan (EWA) in a fresh report has criticized the electoral commissioner’s selection process, saying Government of Afghanistan was interfering into selection process to candidate.

Further the members in election watch organization of Afghanistan have expressed concerns over resection of the 4 former members of the Election commissions among the new short listed candidates.

Election watch organization of Afghanistan monitoring responsible Shah Mahmood Mal said, “When 36 candidates are selected out of 730 applicants in short time that raises questions how the process could be as transparent, the responsibility only were to share figures how many were short listed in current round and how many will be short listed in the next step.”

Meanwhile member of the Election watch organization of Afghanistan Hasibullah Shinwari said, “What provokes the concern is the existence of the 4 former members of the Election commissions among the new listed candidates to become commissioners, amid they were accused for leading the 2014 Election into crisis, why should they be in the list?.”

Members at the Election watch organization of Afghanistan have insisted the skilled, experienced persons should occupy the posts and work as commissioners.

“There are a lot of skilled, experienced and expert persons who worked at the Election process in the past, but they are not seen among the selected candidates list, this indicates the interfering of the Government in selection of the commissioners.” Election watch organization of Afghanistan Hasibullah Shinwari said.

At the end of the press conference members of the Election watch organization of Afghanistan demanded the Government to relocate the selection committee office from the heart the Presidential palace, having said that no distance also paves ways for further interfering of the Government of Afghanistan.

Reported by: Yousuf Yasa