Afghan President Hamid Karzai has postponed Wednesday, January 19 a month, as requested by a court, the summons, scheduled for Sunday, following the Assembly elections in September, the results are disputed, the Chair announced . "The Afghan presidency, acceding to the request made by the court rejects the call by the (new) Parliament on 22 February this year," indicate the services of Mr.Karzai in a statement. Chairman of the Special Court to review the results of litigation related to elections in September were called Wednesday morning during a press conference, President Karzai to reject "at least a month," the convening of the new Assembly time to consider the 400 complaints received.
J. Sidiqullah Haqiqi had to support his request, announced consider "a recount some votes" and added does not exclude the Court to annul the election of some members. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Homayoun Azimi, announced Sunday that Mr. Karzai would convene on January 23 the new Wolesi Jirga (lower house, 249 seats), while the results of legislative elections of 18 September, marked by massive fraud, remain very challenged.
The IEC had announced the results late November, after including a quarter of ballots invalidated and annulled the election of 24 candidates declared winners. After long weeks of standoff between the IEC and the prosecution of Afghanistan calling for the annulment of the results declared, President Karzai has set up the Special Court in late December and was responsible for handling complaints related to the results .
The legal clash over the legitimacy and authority of this court to judge the election results, normally the exclusive jurisdiction of an independent institution, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC). The September poll was marked by a high abstention rate (60%) and a decline in the number of members Pashtun, the largest ethnic group, which came from Mr Karzai, but also the Taliban insurgents.
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