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Abdulá Abdulá se declaró hoy ganador de las elecciones presidenciales afganas y rechazó la victoria de su contrincante Ashraf Ghani, lo que abre una crisis política y étnica en el país asiático a meses de la retirada de las tropas de la OTAN. "Somos los ganadores de las elecciones y debemos formar un Gobierno legítimo", afirmó Abdulá en una reunión en la Loya Jirga -asamblea tradicional- en Kabul, un día después de que los resultados preliminares señalasen a Ghani como ganador.

According to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), investigations into complaints filed regarding Election Day will be completed by midnight Wednesday without any remaining against the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC) Secretariat Chief Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, who resigned his post on Monday amid accusations of fraud.

According to ECC spokesman Nader Mohseni, the complaints that had been logged against Amarkhail were no longer relevant because they were only related to his post at the IEC, which he no longer occupies.

The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) Secretariat Chief, Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, announced his resignation on live television Monday afternoon.

The announcement came just a day after presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah released phone recordings of conversations allegedly between Amarkhail and members of the campaign team of his opponent, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. The recordings suggest a broad plot to conduct fraud during the runoff election, however, the identities of the voices on them have yet to be confirmed.

Kunduz provincial Electoral Complaints Commission (IEC) office head, Sebghatullah Wafaye, announced his resignation from his post on Sunday afternoon because of supposed interference by the central ECC office.

Wafaye said that the ECC employees sent confidential information to both the electoral commissions’ provincial offices and headquarters.

The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) shared its findings about the elections with media on Thursday at a press conference.

TEFA reported that the runoff turnout was no more than six million, a figure much lower than the first round. The report also indicated that the runoff witnessed more challenges, riggings and violations compared to the first round.

Some of the issues highlighted in the report are as followed:

1.     Stuffed ballot boxes in 218 centers in 16 provinces

2.       Voting without using ink in 18 centers in 7 provinces

La Misión de Asistencia de las Naciones Unidas en Afganistán (UNAMA) ha declinado supervisar el recuento de votos de la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales que se celebraron en Afganistán el 14 de junio.

Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday announced at a press conference in Kabul that he has cut off ties with the election commissions and pulled his observers. He claimed President Hamid Karzai has not been neutral in the election process and demanded a freeze on vote counting.

The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Tuesday released its first report regarding the presidential elections.

”FEFA has noted more than 6,651 cases of violations on the Election Day," FEFA Head Nadir Naderi said.

According to the report, 396 polling centers faced a delayed opening, 368 witnessed shortage of ballot papers, 344 were closed later than scheduled, and 269 had problems with the quality of the ink. Moreover, there were campaign posters within 100 meters of 246 centers, despite the restrictions placed by the election law.

Speaking at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday, Independent Election Commission (IEC) spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor said results sheets from 11 provinces have safely arrived at the commission's central office in the capital and the voting counting process is expected to start next Monday.

Results from Kabul, Panjshir, Parwan, Kapisa, Logar, Baghlan, Paktia, Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman and Wardak provinces have been logged at the IEC's headquarters.