"Tens" of Afghan election winners disqualified

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Yahoo News

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan's election watchdog has disqualified for fraud "tens" of Afghan candidates who had won a place in the country's 249-seat parliament, a source working on the election told Reuters on Sunday.

The latest blow to a vote already plagued by allegations of widespread corruption comes the day after NATO wrapped up a major summit in Lisbon where Afghanistan topped the agenda, particularly an exit plan for foreign troops there.

"Votes for tens of successful candidates are going to be disqualified over fraud," said the source, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal the eliminations.

The candidates will not be able to appeal against the decision, he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101121/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_election

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BBC in process of posting. Their figure says 19. http://www.dracos.co.uk/work/bbc-news-archive/archive.php

[dipsydoodle]

1. BBC : Watchdog disqualifies 19 over Afghanistan poll fraud

Afghanistan's election watchdog has disqualified 19 candidates who stood in the September poll for alleged fraud.

Seven of them are current members of the 249-seat parliament.

The disqualifications were announced after the UN-backed Election Complaints Commission found most of their votes were fraudulent.

It is the latest setback to the vote, which has been surrounded by allegations of corruption and rigging. A final result has yet to be declared.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11805562

[saigon68]

2. Rigged in favor of Kharzai

[dipsydoodle]

3. I think Karzi is a more appropriate name for him.

Someone needs to flush him away.