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Disqualified Candidates Threaten To Close IEC Offices

Supporters of six disqualified parliamentary election candidates held a demonstration outside the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC) offices in Kabul on Monday and barred commission employees from entering the building. 

Disqualified candidates, some of whom were also there, said that they were not given the opportunity to lodge an appeal against the decision by the Independent Electoral Commission (IECC). 
 
A few days ago the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) removed the names of 35 candidates from the list over allegations of them having links with illegal armed groups.

On Monday, the supporters of disqualified candidates gathered close to the IEC's offices to protest against the IECC’s move. The disqualified candidates claim they have not been told the reason behind their disqualification by the electoral complaints commission. 
 
Candidates also complained about not being given enough time to appeal the IECC's decision to disqualify them. They also said they found out through the media that they had been disqualified.

The disqualified candidates have warned that if their demands are not addressed, they will launch a mass protest. 

The protestors meanwhile also set up tents close to the IEC’s office. 
 
Mullah Tarakhel Mohammadi and Shir Ali Ahmadzai are among the disqualified candidates and they said the IECC’s move was prejudiced.

“If he is a killer, a land grabber or he keeps illegal armed men, they must clear it for us,” said Mohammad Omar Tarahkhail, a representative of disqualified candidate Tarakhail Mohammadi.

“We will not accept this verdict until government hears our voice and reverses this oppressive decision,” said disqualified candidate Sher Ali Ahmadzai.

“We challenge the electoral complaints commission, we will close all roads,” said another disqualified candidate Zardad Faryadi.

Zardad Faryadi and Qais Hassan are two other disqualified candidates who also claimed they were given no time to appeal the decision to disqualify them. 

But addressing a press conference on Monday, IEC chief Abdulbadi Sayyad said: “The closing of doors of the election commission in the center and in the province is in fact playing with a national process, this increases our concerns regarding delays and other challenges,” said IEC chief Abdul Badi Sayyad. 
 
Akbar Stanekzai and Shayesta Baz Naseri are another two disqualified candidates that held a protest in a tent close to the IEC’s office.

 “They did not give us time to lodge an appeal,” said disqualified candidate Akbar Stanekzai.

“All our supporters are now ready to close down the doors of election commissions,” said another disqualified candidate Shaista Naseri.

IEC office closed in Badakhshan

Meanwhile, in the northern province of Badakhshan, supporters of Fawzia Kofi, another disqualified candidate also held protests in the provincial capital Faizabad on Monday morning and closed the IEC’s offices there.

The protesters also set up a tent close to the provincial IEC office and warned that the offices will remain closed until Kofi is reinstated as a candidate. 

The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission removed 35 names from their final list of parliamentary election candidates on Saturday.

According to a copy of a document obtained by TOLOnews, the following names have been removed:

•    Mohibullah, Ahmad Shah Shams, Amanullah Hotaki from Uruzgan; 
•    Abdul Rahman Shaheedani from Bamiyan; 
•    Fawzia Kofi, Maryam Kofi, Mohammad Nabi Bayan and Abdul Samad Abdul Hameed from Badakhshan;
•    Assadullah Sharifi from Balkh; 
•    Sayed Jafar Naderi, Assadullah Islamzoi and Hayatullah Wafa from Baghlan; 
•    Ghulam Haidar Jailani and Noor Ahmad Sikandar from Parwan; 
•    Allah Mir and Nawid Ibrahimkhail from Paktia; 
•    Bashir Qanet and Assadullah Ayub from Takhar; 
•    Liyaqatullah Babakarkhail and Jabar Jabarkhail from Khost; 
•    Masooma Khawari, Mohammad Asif Azimi and Raees Khairullah from Samangan; 
•    Sakhi Nawid from Faryab; 
•    Qais Hassan, Mawlawi Tarakhail, Sayed Daud Naderi, Sedaqat Zahid, Ziaulhaq Amarkhail, Ehsanullah Atif, Shir Ali Ahmadzai and Zardad Faryadi from Kabul; 
•    Shayista Baz Naseri from Kunduz; 
•    Akbar Stanekzai from Logar; 
•    Jawed Zaman from Nangarhar.

Disqualified Candidates Threaten To Close IEC Offices

The IEC’s offices in Kabul remained closed on Monday after demonstrators prevented employees from entering the building. 

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Supporters of six disqualified parliamentary election candidates held a demonstration outside the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC) offices in Kabul on Monday and barred commission employees from entering the building. 

Disqualified candidates, some of whom were also there, said that they were not given the opportunity to lodge an appeal against the decision by the Independent Electoral Commission (IECC). 
 
A few days ago the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) removed the names of 35 candidates from the list over allegations of them having links with illegal armed groups.

On Monday, the supporters of disqualified candidates gathered close to the IEC's offices to protest against the IECC’s move. The disqualified candidates claim they have not been told the reason behind their disqualification by the electoral complaints commission. 
 
Candidates also complained about not being given enough time to appeal the IECC's decision to disqualify them. They also said they found out through the media that they had been disqualified.

The disqualified candidates have warned that if their demands are not addressed, they will launch a mass protest. 

The protestors meanwhile also set up tents close to the IEC’s office. 
 
Mullah Tarakhel Mohammadi and Shir Ali Ahmadzai are among the disqualified candidates and they said the IECC’s move was prejudiced.

“If he is a killer, a land grabber or he keeps illegal armed men, they must clear it for us,” said Mohammad Omar Tarahkhail, a representative of disqualified candidate Tarakhail Mohammadi.

“We will not accept this verdict until government hears our voice and reverses this oppressive decision,” said disqualified candidate Sher Ali Ahmadzai.

“We challenge the electoral complaints commission, we will close all roads,” said another disqualified candidate Zardad Faryadi.

Zardad Faryadi and Qais Hassan are two other disqualified candidates who also claimed they were given no time to appeal the decision to disqualify them. 

But addressing a press conference on Monday, IEC chief Abdulbadi Sayyad said: “The closing of doors of the election commission in the center and in the province is in fact playing with a national process, this increases our concerns regarding delays and other challenges,” said IEC chief Abdul Badi Sayyad. 
 
Akbar Stanekzai and Shayesta Baz Naseri are another two disqualified candidates that held a protest in a tent close to the IEC’s office.

 “They did not give us time to lodge an appeal,” said disqualified candidate Akbar Stanekzai.

“All our supporters are now ready to close down the doors of election commissions,” said another disqualified candidate Shaista Naseri.

IEC office closed in Badakhshan

Meanwhile, in the northern province of Badakhshan, supporters of Fawzia Kofi, another disqualified candidate also held protests in the provincial capital Faizabad on Monday morning and closed the IEC’s offices there.

The protesters also set up a tent close to the provincial IEC office and warned that the offices will remain closed until Kofi is reinstated as a candidate. 

The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission removed 35 names from their final list of parliamentary election candidates on Saturday.

According to a copy of a document obtained by TOLOnews, the following names have been removed:

•    Mohibullah, Ahmad Shah Shams, Amanullah Hotaki from Uruzgan; 
•    Abdul Rahman Shaheedani from Bamiyan; 
•    Fawzia Kofi, Maryam Kofi, Mohammad Nabi Bayan and Abdul Samad Abdul Hameed from Badakhshan;
•    Assadullah Sharifi from Balkh; 
•    Sayed Jafar Naderi, Assadullah Islamzoi and Hayatullah Wafa from Baghlan; 
•    Ghulam Haidar Jailani and Noor Ahmad Sikandar from Parwan; 
•    Allah Mir and Nawid Ibrahimkhail from Paktia; 
•    Bashir Qanet and Assadullah Ayub from Takhar; 
•    Liyaqatullah Babakarkhail and Jabar Jabarkhail from Khost; 
•    Masooma Khawari, Mohammad Asif Azimi and Raees Khairullah from Samangan; 
•    Sakhi Nawid from Faryab; 
•    Qais Hassan, Mawlawi Tarakhail, Sayed Daud Naderi, Sedaqat Zahid, Ziaulhaq Amarkhail, Ehsanullah Atif, Shir Ali Ahmadzai and Zardad Faryadi from Kabul; 
•    Shayista Baz Naseri from Kunduz; 
•    Akbar Stanekzai from Logar; 
•    Jawed Zaman from Nangarhar.

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