Thursday, June 25 – A number of Afghan MPs’ have warned that a demonstration will be held by people if the special election tribunal decision is not repealed.
The special election tribunal on Thursday announced names of at least 61 MPs’ as unqualified to enter the house of representatives due to dishonesty in last year’s parliamentary elections.
The special tribunal announced names of 61 other members to replace previous MPs’ who are said to have gained more votes during the elections.
A number of Afghan MPs’ have organized a coalition under the name of “Support The Law” following special tribunal’s announcement and have called on the International community to interfere and resolve the issue.
In a statement, the new formed coalition have requested from the international community to support the law and democracy in the country, they also requested to prevent the country from moving into a crisis.
The majority members of the newly formed coalition are those who have been reported unqualified by the special elections tribunal.
While speaking during a press conference, Haji Zaheer Qadeer Representative from the Nagarhar province and Head of the newly formed coalition said, ”if the special elections tribunal does not repeal from their verdict, a widespread demonstration will be held across the country.”
He further added that the widespread demonstration shall be held with the cooperation of Legal Institutions, Civil Society and Political Parties.
On the other hand, Eshaq Alko Attorney General of Afghanistan has said that the verdict by the special tribunal in regards to parliamentary elections result will be implemented shortly.
From the very beginning of their work in House of Representative, Afghan MPs’ had announced that the formation of the special tribunal is unconstitutional and had requested president Karzai to cancel the special elections tribunal.
Afghanistan Independent Election Committee in reaction to the verdict of the special election tribunal objected and said that the verdict is illegal.
According to Afghan elections law, the only organization that can decide and announce the results is the independent elections committee of Afghanistan.
Afghan parliamentary elections was held on 18 September 2010 and the results were announced on 24 November 2010.
A number of candidates who were not qualified to enter the House Representatives objected the results announced by the Independent Elections Committee and they also claimed the interference of elections committee in fraud and manipulation.
The opposing candidates complained against the Independent Elections Committee in attorney general office which resulted in formation of a special tribunal to inquest the candidates complains by the Attorney General Office.
The waive of crisis raised between the House of Representatives and the judiciary executive after the special tribunal have announced their results.
