ELECTION OBSERVERS ANNOUNCED RUNOFF FINDINGS- AFGAHNISTAN

ELECTION OBSERVERS ANNOUNCED RUNOFF FINDINGS- AFGAHNISTAN

Election observers held a joint press conference in Kabul on Monday. The European Union (UN) observers, the Free and Fair Elections Foundation of Afghanistan.
Observers released their preliminary reports about the election fraud in the presidential Runoff election.The EU delegation reported no fraud from the sites its monitors on Saturday Presidential Runoff election, the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA). Said its observers documented a large amount of election fraud in various locations in Afghan.
The senior European Union (EU) observer explained that his delegation documented no fraud on Election Day. And praised Afghanistan Citizens for their participation in the Runoff Election and say. "Anyone who tries to change the Results by illegal means, by violence or by fraud, shows nothing but a shocking contempt of all the thousands of Afghanistan citizens who have cast their votes honestly and courageously".
The IEC Secretariat Chief, Amarkhail, has been accused of smuggling ballots boxes out of the secretariat headquarters in Kabul on Election Day. President candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday said he can't accept any Results from the commission until the senior Election official is suspended and investigated.
The IEC Chairman Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani defend Amarkhail and called the entire affair a "misunderstanding".
The FEFA officials said that their observers recorded some numbers of cases of frauds, and government officials interfering in the voting process, including under age people. The FEFA's report, most of their documented fraud in the Runoff Election took place in Paktika, Balkh, Logar, Paktia and Wardak Provinces and the fraud was committed by government officials, IEC Staff and including candidates observers.
The Election Complaints Commission (ECC) on Monday, said they have received large bulk of complaints since the said Election on Saturday, but most were against IEC employees.
Abdullah levelled serious accusations against the IEC, on Sunday Night, at a press conference. Saying there was "endemic fraud" in the Runoff Election and Suggest the commission was largely behind it. But the Chairman of IEC, Nuristani and President Hamid Karzai, have urged Abdullah not to discredit the Commission without first Providing evidence to support his claims.

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