Another hurdle for elections in 2016: MPs reject presidential decree on electoral commissions
Ali Yawar Adili
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Salima Ahmadi
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Lenny Linke
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Kate Clark
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Had MPs approved the presidential legislative decree ‘reforming’ the electoral commissions, Afghanistan would now be significantly closer to holding parliamentary and district elections. (And the National Unity Government could have claimed to be pushing forward on electoral reform, something required by the agreement that established it.) However, after three days of ill-mannered discussion, MPs roundly […]
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