Afghan President Hamid Karzai Criticizes EU Claims of Extensive Fraud in Election

Afghan President Hamid Karzai appears set to officially win re-election as the country’s leader despite claims by European Union election observers that the process involved wide scale fraud and voter irregularity.

Those observers suggested that as many as 1.5 million votes could have been fraudulent, a significant figure as Karzai currently sits at 54.6%. Karzai only needs to secure a 50% majority to avoid a run-off, a figure that he will almost certainly attain.

Karzai’s main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, has been credited with 27.8% of the vote but he has suggested that figure should be much higher. Abdullah has openly criticized the process and blamed Karzai for voter fraud, an allegation that appears to be supported by the EU observers.

Shortly after the EU monitors announced as many as 1.5 million votes could have been fraudulent Karzai’s campaign office issued a statement criticizing the claims saying, “Today's announcement of the number of suspected votes, by the head and deputy head of the EU Election Monitoring Commission, is partial, irresponsible and in contradiction with Afghanistan's constitution.”

The Electoral Complaints Commission has already said it would be recounting votes that had been cast at 10% of the polling stations. That recount could easily drop Karzai under the 50% margin and force a run-off, opening the door for Abdullah to attract more voters.

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