KABUL: (Middle East Press) The audit process of Afghan presidential vote audit delayed for the third time on Saturday.
According to reports, the audit process was suspended due to the finalization of the process for vote audit.
The audit procedure has been suspended for the two times due to disagreements between the two teams, since the beginning of the vote audit on 17th July.
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has not commented regarding the report so far.
The audit process was previously halted due to disagreements between the onlookers of the two teams regarding the invalidation of ballot papers which were signed by the voters.
Meanwhile, the UN mission in Afghanistan said Saturday that Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani, have indicated to the United Nations that they support the Independent Election Commission (IEC) adopting the UN proposal for a dogmatic decision covering criteria for recounts and invalidation of ballots as part of the ongoing comprehensive audit.
UNAMA said following a statement, the proposal was offered to IEC by United Nations on 24 July in the context of the technical agreement reached by the two Presidential candidates, which asked the UN to propose the manner for the supervision of the audit.
“Both contenders indicated to the United Nations that they had their own respective concerns with the proposal, but were prepared to proceed with it as a good belief effort based on international best practice to bridge their positions,” the statement said.
The statement futher added that Dr. Abdullah and Dr. Ghani expressed their shared view that it was in the national interest to settle the authoritarian framework of the audit.
