Afghanistan's new parliament was inaugurated in Kabul on Wednesday, four months after a nationwide election that critics said was marked by extensive fraud. This ended the political standoff between the president and parliament. The president had refused to swear in the new parliament until the electoral court he established in December was able to review complaints from losing candidates. But even still the United States praised the inauguration on Wednesday.
Last week, Karzai's office announced a one-month delay in inaugurating parliamentary members, saying the special court on election fraud needed more time to investigate complaints from losing candidates. Reviewing the election last year in November, the Electoral Complaint Commission threw out more than 1 million ballots from about 3,000 polling stations because of suspected fraud.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/afghanistan.politics/index.html
~~~ Joe Kamper
~~~ Section 16199
No comments:
Post a Comment