Silence period: Candidates warned against campaign

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Thursday said it has received 94 complaints during its working period and legal action would be taken against candidates if campaigned in the silence period.

 The two-month long electoral campaign period for Saturday’s presidential election came to a close last night at 12pm, the Independent IEC said on Wednesday.

The presidential election campaign began across the country on July 28 and continued for two months.

Sayed Qutbuddin Roidar, IECC commissioner, told a press conference here that since the beginning of their work, they received 94 complaints against presidential candidates and the complaints were being addressed.

He said” “The complaints are about misuse of authority, government officials taking part in electioneering and insulting each other.”

He said all the complaints had been addressed and sent with suggestions and warning letters to the violators.

Mohammad Qasam Ilyasi, Independent Election Commission spokesman, urged all presidential candidates to collect their electoral posts as early as possible and warned of legal action over law violations during the silence period. He said they were fully prepared to hold the next week’s election.

He said the IECC) had hired one employee for each polling station to register complaints and better monitor and facilitate voters.

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