KABUL (SW) – President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah decided to hold contrasting oath taking ceremonies for the top office Monday.
The oath taking ceremony for Ghani at the Arg palace — the presidency, was scheduled for early morning around 9.00 a.m. (0430GMT), but it was postponed for undeclared reasons.
"The oath taking ceremony would take place in the afternoon," the president's spokesman, Sediq Seddiqi tweeted.
Chief Executive Abdullah had arrangements in place at Safedar palace for his oath taking as he disputed the September 2019 election results declaring Ghani as the winner. "No one should have underestimated our commitment to genuine democracy & our resolve to uphold rule of law. Our track record of self-denial & compromise should not have given cause to anyone to take us for granted. Invalidation of all fraudulent votes is the way out!" Abdullah said in a tweet.
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