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‘Ethnic bias’ alleged in IECC appointments

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Some individuals, who recently sat test for jobs at the Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC), allege they were subjected to ethnic discrimination and the posts went to relatives of commissioners.

Mohammad Fateh, a candidate for the Provincial Commissioner for Electoral Complaints, said “ethnic discrimination” plagued the recruitment process at IECC and that 68 provincial election commissioners had recently been recruited on the basis of their affiliation with the commissioners.

Referring to equal distribution of posts between the five commissioners, he said: “On the exam . . .

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