End election crisis soon: Helmand activists
LASHKARGAH: A number of civil society activists in southern Helmand province on Sunday asked the government and the two presidential candidates to pay serious attention on common masses life and end the election crisis as soon as possible.
The activists told a gathering that the current situation and political deadlock would affect people's life it continued thus it should be ended very soon.
The session was attended by a number of tribal elders, religious scholars and Helmand residents. "No delay is tolerable anymore. We want exact decision in this regard. We want new president as soon as possible," said Helmand activists.
Participants of the gathering pointed out to recent security threats in Helmand, and said the prolonged election crisis has paved the ground for militants to enter the province and create insecurity.
They said corruption and economic problems have also raised in the southern province.
Helmand's civil society warned of civil movements if the two candidates did not reach final agreement and if the situation prevailed.
The organization asked the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to introduce the country's next president according to real votes.
It comes as the IEC said that at least 80 percent of all votes had been audited in absence of observers of the two presidential candidates and this process would continue for coming days.
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