Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Afghan election body disqualifies 16 presidential candidates --- Kabul — Afghan officials on Tuesday disqualified more than half of the candidates who registered for the 2014 presidential election, marking a chaotic opening stage in the country's first democratic transfer of power. -- "Out of the 26 candidates who had officially filed to the IEC, after checking documents, 10 made it to the election," Independent Election Commission chief Yousof Nooristani told reporters. --- All the major names remained in the April 5 vote, which is seen as a key test of Afghanistan's progress as the US-led NATO military coalition pulls out after 13 years of fighting the Taliban insurgency. --- Presidential hopefuls must be aged at least 40, have a clean criminal record, provide 100,000 voter cards to prove they have a network of supporters, and lodge a deposit of one million Afghanis ($18,000). --- The constitution also decrees that all candidates must be Muslim, born of Afghan parents and not a citizen of another country. --- Disqualified candidates will be able to appeal, with a final list of runners due to be published on November 16. - AFP

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