Hankuk Ilbo, 21 September 2018
AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article of the leding South Korean daily, on the status of political parties and whether the Taleban are one of them:
AAN 국장인 토마스 루티그는 기자와의 인터뷰에서 “아프간 정당들이 민주적 제도 하에서 자기 목소리를 낼 수도 있다고 본다”면서도 “하지만 그들은 스스로가 민주적인지 되돌아 보고 무엇보다 그들의 사병조직을 비무장시켜야 한다”고 강조했다.
(political parties have been existing in afghanistan for a long time and should have a role in the democratic system. at the same time, those parties also need to prove that they are democratic themselves – and disarm their militias)
Second quote :
루티그 국장은 “탈레반은 선거에 호의적이고 다양한 정치 세력도 받아들이겠다고 하지만, 1인 1투표 정당기반 정치가 아니라 (이슬람 지도자 회의 체계인) 슈라(Shura) 시스템인 게 문제”라고 말했다.
(The Taleban) say they are in favour of elections – but in a shura system, not a party-based system. this would not necessarily be a one person, one vote system. …they have stated (variously) that they accept that there is pluralism of political forces, but it seems they would limit this to islamic parties.
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This article was last updated on 9 Mar 2020
