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U.N. Official Sees ‘Widespread Fraud’ in Afghan ElectionPosted on Oct 11, 2009
After facing allegations of a cover-up, Kai Eide, the most senior U.N. presence in Afghanistan, acknowledged that “widespread fraud” has tainted the country’s presidential election but denied that he tried to hide evidence of cheating. A fraud investigation report is expected in the next several days. According to The Guardian, a Western diplomat said it was “on a knife edge” whether enough fraudulent votes would be removed from the preliminary result to trigger a potentially difficult second round.
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By Blackspeare, October 12 at 11:48 am #
Actually, the Afghans have learned quite well from their US handlers——rigged elections are a staple in the USA and are accepted with a wink and a nod!
Report thisBy felicity, October 11 at 2:59 pm #
Kai Eide and who knows how many others have to be profitting from Karzai’s position as head of government. To be surrounded for years by on-going corruption in government and ostensibly not know it - never mind the ‘election’ - can only mean Kai and others in key postions (American contractors, anybody?) are getting away with skimming millions of bucks off of the funds meant to go to rebuilding the country but instead are going into private bank accounts. Seven years and apparently counting…
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