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KABUL (SW) – Findings by Salam Watandar indicate a local warlord, Haji Kareem, has threatened and forced voters in Sar-e-Pul province to vote for his son, Assadullah Ayubi, in the Woles Jirga (lower house) polls.<\/p>\n
In this connection, the Independent Election Complain Commission has issued a directive on 20 November 2018 noting that the father, Haji Raheem, of the WJ candidate, Assadullah Ayubi, has committed violations and crimes in favor of his son in a number of polling stations in Sar-e-Pul, and all votes cast at these polling stations should be declared annulled.<\/p>\n
In another statement the IECC also declared many votes cast in the Topkhana polling station as void as they were believed to be more than the number of registered voters there<\/p>\n
However, a well-placed source has told SW the Independent Election Commission has not considered the remarks by the IECC, and has counted all votes in these dubious polling stations as well.<\/p>\n
In a letter, the IECC has informed the IEC as well as the police headquarters and the provincial administration in Sar-e-Pul about Haji Kareem along with his son and other armed men threatening head of the complaint commission, Naqibullah Tatar.<\/p>\n
It is said Haji Kareem is leading a local uprising force with some 200 armed men. He claims to have served under the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense as well.<\/p>\n
He has rejected all allegations, asserting his son has obtained all the votes freely and fairly.<\/p>\n
SW has obtained pictures and videos from the voting day in which Kareem and convoys of his armed men can be seen.<\/p>\n
When contacted, Ali Reza Rouhani, commissioner and spokesman for the IECC, said: “the decisions by the IECC in the province are correct, but the IEC is not paying attention to them”.<\/p>\n
Despite all this, Assadullah Ayubi has been named with second most votes in the Sar-e-Pul province.<\/p>\n
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