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FEFA Highlights Shortcomings in Electoral Reforms Package
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Free & Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) highlighted some shortages at the short-term electoral reform package recommended by the Special Electoral Reform Commission.
FEFA officials say they have found two major shortcomings in the recommended package; firstly, flaws and contradictions are seen in some articles of the package; secondly, there is ambiguity on implementing mechanisms of some recommendations made by the special commission.
“There are some important points which needs to be considered and included as a part of the electoral reforms plan like, the relation among the electoral commissions and their provincial offices that how provincial officials will be assigned,” Mohammad Yousuf Rashid, the Chief Executive of FEFA said.
Earlier President Ghani hailed the Special Electoral Reforms Commission’s recommendations regarding the electoral reform and approved 7/11 recommendations of the Special Commission by issuing a presidential decree.
FEFA as an observer organization further recommends that electoral fraud and violations was also supposed to be included as electoral crimes in the package.
Rashid also said,” another short-coming is the distribution of duties, the working areas of the Commissions members must be specified who should work on where.”
These considerations and recommended package of the Special Electoral Reforms Commission comes as the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Saturday that they will soon announce the date and timeline of the parliamentary and district council elections.
Reported by: Nasrat Parsa
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan (MoRR) reported the forced expulsion of nearly a thousand Afghan refugees from Pakistan on Wednesday.
The ministry announced Thursday that 979 Afghan migrants returned after being expelled from Pakistan.
The deportees returned on May 29 through the Spin Boldak border and the Torghundi border.
Based on information from the Torghundi border customs office in Nangarhar province, 115 families, comprising 647 individuals, entered the country through this checkpoint.
Additionally, 62 families, consisting of 332 individuals continue to enter the country through the Spin Boldak crossing.
A group of four young women have opened a coffee shop and library in Kabul where women and girls can get together to read, enjoy a cup of tea, or treat themselves to a sweet treat.
The owners of the coffee shop, called Dari Roya-e-Zan, which in English means a Woman’s Dream, is in Khair Khana in the city. It was officially opened during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday.
For women who attended the event, this was a welcome initiative, especially for those barred from attending school or university.
With over 1,000 books to choose from, women can order tea or coffee, and read at leisure in a safe environment.
The owners, who asked not to be identified, bake their own cakes and other sweet delights, which are also available to customers.
An initiative like this has been widely welcomed by women in Kabul, especially young girls who have been barred from school above Grade 6 and from university.
Tomas Niklasson, the European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, met with his Qatari counterpart Faisal bin Abdullah Al Hanzab in Doha on Wednesday, according to Qatar’s Foreign Ministry.
The meeting focused on developments in Afghanistan and joint international efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country, the ministry said.
This meeting comes a month ahead of the upcoming Doha conference on Afghanistan.
Recently, there has been an increase in meetings among special envoys for Afghanistan, reflecting heightened international engagement on the issue.
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