Friday, 8 August 2014

Afghan Election Farce - Kerry To 'Salvage Deal'

John Kerry tries to salvage deal in Afghan election dispute | World news | theguardian.com
With his 'speak your weight' voice, Kerry intends to bring his recently earned prowess in Gaza to Afghnanistan. Is there a more empty suit, Blair excepted, than Kerry on the international stage?
Background - Abdullah wants clarity on the political agreement and Ghani does not want to commit to it until the vote audit, which he hopes will declare him the winner, is complete.
Ghani, a former World Bank technocrat, emerged from the runoff on 14 June in the lead but Abdullah, a former mujahideen doctor, claimed that 2m of the votes cast for his rival were fake.
The seven-point political agreement outlines the steps to be taken after the audit. According to negotiators who helped broker the deal, the agreement states that a president will take office immediately and hold aloya jirga, or meeting of elders, to create a new prime minister position within the first two years.

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