News:
Ata Muhammad Noor, governor of Balkh and former militia leader, who had threatened to lead mass protests in the wake of the disputed presidential runoff in June, warned on Wednesday of a “civil uprising” if the ongoing ballot recount proves biased and his candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, is not named the winner.
“If the vote recount is one-sided or fraudulent, we will not bow down and accept the results,” he said in an interview. “We do not want a crisis, but we will defend the rights of our people. We will have a big civil uprising… We will occupy government buildings and institutions… We will boycott the process, and we will not recognize the next government because it will have no legitimacy.” (http://www.tolonews.com/en)
Comment:
The crises that came as result of the shameful 2014 elections is when the strong ally of Abdullah Abdullah’s team Ata Muhammad Noor, the governor of Balkh and the Head of the Executive Shura of Jamiat-e-Islami, called his supporters to prepare for the green and orange revolutions.
On the other hand, the spokesman of the team of Ashraf Ghani, Faizullah Zaki said that “It’s not a difficult task and anyone can possibly do this, but a serious politician should think that this Green revolution should not turn black and orange nor red and bloody”.
In addition, the “Advisory Councils of Hizb-e-Islami,” a combination of few fractions that have separated from the Hizb-e-Islami of Gulbudeen Hikmatyar, have also warned Abdullah and his group that if they refused to accept the results of elections after the involvement of the international community and the auditing of votes, they will not sit silent.
We consider these statements to be another shameful outcome of the 2014 Democratic Elections, because despite huge funds and media campaigns, the turn out in the elections was disappointing, as hardly three million people took part in the voting. Looking at the reality of the Afghan society, even these voters did not vote for democracy rather they voted on the bases of their tribal and linguistic affiliations. As for other votes, they were stuffed in the ballot boxes to avoid shame, with the help of government, election commission, and the representatives of candidates. These stuffed votes gave birth to the whole tension between the two camps and were then severely condemned by European observers and Abdullah.
The whole episode of election and then the electoral rigging brought to surface the rivalry and contention between UK, Europe and US. It’s because UK and Europe, using and supporting Abdullah, have created sever hurdles for Ashraf Ghani and his pro-American stance. The Abdullah group constantly backed off due to the direct interference of Obama through his telephone calls, the visits of American senators and the Minister of Foreign Affairs John Carry, the interference of the deputy of John Carry, as well as the keen interest and pressure of the United Nations which compelled both candidates to accept the recounting, rechecking of the votes and the making of a National Coalition government. It’s said that in August the issues of elections, voting, etc. shall resolve and the charge will be handed over to the new President.
The huge number of bog votes and the disagreement on the process of auditing, as well as the diverse interpretation of the statements of John Carry, created an environment of chaos, which is providing Russia an opportunity to take leverage from the situation. Hence, if the US is not ready to give share to other players, it’s obvious that Afghanistan will once again become a battle ground for these powers and the situation may turn again into a civil war.
We and our political party, in the light of Islamic politics, call upon the Mujahid Nation of Afghanistan: Indeed you have slapped the Kufar and its pawns by rejecting Democracy and refused to take part in the Democratic Elections. Similarly, you rejected their conspiracies and evil plots of turning one Afghan Muslim against the other using different pretexts. Rejecting secular Democracy and western plots is half of the work, the other half is to work for the establishment of the Khilafah that will bring a real change and will rejoin the Islamic lands that will reverse the occupation of the Muslim lands and will repel the occupation of Kufar by liberating the Ummah from its colonialism. Khilafah will bring true prosperity, development, and tranquility that every one of us is yearning for and will eradicate the poisoned seeds of Nationalism, Tribalism, Patriotism, Democracy, Capitalism, etc. and will make the Ummah truly like one body under the system of the Islamic Khilafah.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Saifullah Mustanir, Kabul – Wilayah Afghanistan