KABUL) announced on Friday.
Addressing a news conference in Kabul, IEC spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor said the ballot audit was proceeding satisfactorily in the presence of international and national observers, as well as representatives of the candidates.
He said 743 representatives of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, 540 of Ashraf Ghani, 360 national observers and 955 international experts had been accredited to monitor the biggest audit in Afghanistan’s electoral history.
A computerised vote rejection mechanism had been prepared and the exercise would begin tomorrow, he said, adding the process would be based on the procedures suggested by the United Nations.
The spokesman made clear all decisions were taken by the election commission independently. However, the panel welcomed cooperation from the quarters concerned, he explained.
On July 12, Abdullah and Ahmadzai reached an agreement on ending the electoral impasse and forming a government of national unity — thanks to hectic diplomatic efforts by the United States.
The deadlock was triggered by Abdullah’s boycott of the electoral institutions over what he called industrial-scale fraud in the runoff election.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who brokered the accord, urged the candidates on Thursday to speed implementation of the agreement on the vote audit and formation of a national unity government.
President Barrack Obama’s point man on Kabul, Kerry arrived in Kabul on Thursday evening to help resolve issues related to the disputed presidential election and shore up the electoral deal he brokered last month.
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