ETWA Expresses Concerns on the Process of Appointing a New IEC Commissioner

The Election and Transparency Watch Organization of Afghanistan.

ETWA is concerned with the process, which moves forward in contradiction with the president’s decree on electoral laws, would further undermine IEC’s independence and limit opportunities to establish a political consensus on elections among politicians.

Since re-establishment of the Selection Committee and its working results clearly opposes the electoral law, thus, the individual being selected as the member of IEC through this process, would lack legal legitimacy.

Involvement of representatives of independent institutions such . . .