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Committee to Select New Commissioner For IEC

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday said the commission’s selection committee has resumed its work and will select a new commissioner for the election commission in the near future. 

IEC spokesman Abdul Badi Sayyad said president Ashraf Ghani issued a decree on Saturday and ordered the selection committee to start its work to select a commissioner to head up the election commission. 

The Presidential palace, in its decree, has asked all the eligible members and those interested in working in IEC to submit their documents to the secretariat of the selection committee no later than Tuesday. 

According to Sayyad, the selection committee resumed its work on Sunday and after Tuesday will assess the received documents and applications and shortlist the qualified applicants. 

“The selection committee has been formed and they have announced that it will receive applications from 31 December up to 3th of January. Then they will hold an examination for the qualified applicants and introduce three applicants to the president. Then the president will introduce one of them as a commissioner for the election commission. We are optimistic that this process will finish soon,” Sayyad said. 

Meanwhile, the Election Watch Afghanistan said president’s new decree and the resumption of work by the selection committee is against the law. 

A member of Election Watch Afghanistan Habibullah Shinwari said the president should have introduced a new commissioner within seven days after the dismissal of IEC’s former chief Najibullah Ahmadzai. 

“It is clearly stated in article 16 of the election law that president should have selected the new member for IEC within seven days from the previous list submitted to the president. That list had the names of 14 people,” Shinwari said. 

The new decree issued, followed after the election commission had previously warned that if the government did not introduce a new commissioner, they would themselves decide on a new chief and deputy for the election commission. 

Committee to Select New Commissioner For IEC

IEC will send a shortlist of three names to Ghani to finally appoint the new head of the electoral commission. 

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The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday said the commission’s selection committee has resumed its work and will select a new commissioner for the election commission in the near future. 

IEC spokesman Abdul Badi Sayyad said president Ashraf Ghani issued a decree on Saturday and ordered the selection committee to start its work to select a commissioner to head up the election commission. 

The Presidential palace, in its decree, has asked all the eligible members and those interested in working in IEC to submit their documents to the secretariat of the selection committee no later than Tuesday. 

According to Sayyad, the selection committee resumed its work on Sunday and after Tuesday will assess the received documents and applications and shortlist the qualified applicants. 

“The selection committee has been formed and they have announced that it will receive applications from 31 December up to 3th of January. Then they will hold an examination for the qualified applicants and introduce three applicants to the president. Then the president will introduce one of them as a commissioner for the election commission. We are optimistic that this process will finish soon,” Sayyad said. 

Meanwhile, the Election Watch Afghanistan said president’s new decree and the resumption of work by the selection committee is against the law. 

A member of Election Watch Afghanistan Habibullah Shinwari said the president should have introduced a new commissioner within seven days after the dismissal of IEC’s former chief Najibullah Ahmadzai. 

“It is clearly stated in article 16 of the election law that president should have selected the new member for IEC within seven days from the previous list submitted to the president. That list had the names of 14 people,” Shinwari said. 

The new decree issued, followed after the election commission had previously warned that if the government did not introduce a new commissioner, they would themselves decide on a new chief and deputy for the election commission. 

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