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Govt rejects IEC authority to set election date

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KABUL) was not mandated to set a date for elections until new commissioners were introduced.

Shah Hussain Murtazawi, deputy spokesperson to the president, told a press conference here that the government awaited the parliament to take a step forward and participate in speeding up the election process.   

Regarding the rejection of the presidential decree by the Wolesi Jirga (lower house), he said it was an unfortunate move and a retreat from the electoral reform process.

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