posted on Oct, 11 2004 @ 10:30 AM
The United Nations has been asked to investigate into alleged irregularities and miscounts in the Afghanistan"s Presidential election. The
investigation was sparked off due to delays counting the ballots and internal strife and malpractice calls from other candidates and voters. All
allegations must be handed in to the UN panel by 1430 GMT on wednesday.
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Afghanistan"s Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) says ballot boxes in areas where complaints have been made will be isolated and checked so that
officials can start counting the rest of the votes.
They will examine all serious allegations of malpractice at the polls - not just complaints that indelible ink aimed at stopping multiple voting
failed to work in many areas.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - which contributed to the 230 foreign monitors for the polls - acknowledged that
there were some irregularities during the poll that should be investigated.
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We all knew there would be some sort of problems when a election of this size in a country with such a troubled history in politics and military.
The people are not satisfied that the voting was fair, they are not satisfied that it was counted correctly. Even the outside investigator and
observers had doubts about the whole fairness into the election.
Hopefully in time the investigation will come up with the serious problems and remedy an answer to them quickly. But i agree with the observers,
something has happened and the voting should be redone under stricter guidelines and watch.
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