KABUL: (MEP) – The United Nations special representative to Afghanistan has called on the Afghan people to not allow the terrorist groups disrupt the vital April polls.
Jan Kubis, head of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) asked Tuesday the people of Afghanistan for full participation in the Presidential election.
He called on the Presidential candidates and eligible Afghan voters to not let the spoilers and terrorists disrupt the most important process of transfer of power.
“Do not let spoilers and terrorists deprive you of your choice of your future,” he asked Afghans while briefing the Security Council. “Participation as voters, elections officials, and observers, is a rejection of force, violence, and intimidation as the means by which your proud nation decides your leadership.”
He stated the leading elections had great importance to the political stability of Afghanistan.
“The success of the April 2014 elections will be of critical significance in reinforcing Afghanistan’s institutional and political stability and instilling confidence in the future,” he added.
Afghanistan is set to hold presidential and provincial council elections on 5 April, leading to the country’s first democratic transfer of power.
