US should make Karzai resign - the puppet rigime is under pressure over fraud rulings
Shanthi Murthi
Oct. 17, 2009

Hamid Karzai would do himself a great service in outright resigning after a massive fraud in Afghan election.

A UN-backed panel had been expected to release findings Saturday from its investigation into allegations of widespread fraud -- most of it favoring Karzai -- in the Aug. 20 election. Preliminary figures showed Karzai won with more than 54 percent of the vote.

Karzai has refused to commit to accepting the panel's findings before they''re released, even though his campaign staff has expressed confidence that the president will remain above 50 percent, eliminating the need for a runoff.

Karzai's stand has raised concern that he may challenge the findings, further delaying proclamation of a winner or the scheduling a runoff. Afghan law declares the UN-dominated Electoral Complaints Commission the final arbiter on fraud allegations. However, Karzai supporters on the separate Independent Election Commission, which must order a runoff, have argued that the partial recount is beyond the normal complaint process and that the UN-backed panel does not have the final say.

A second round balloting must be held before the coming of winter, which traditionally begins in mid-November. Once heavy snows fall in the mountain passes, a runoff would have to wait until spring, leaving the country in political limbo for months as the Taliban gains strength.

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