{"id":191,"date":"2012-12-02T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T21:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2012-12-02T21:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T21:22:20","slug":"afghan-opposition-says-presidential-vote-delay-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/afghan-opposition-says-presidential-vote-delay-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Opposition says Bro. Karzai&#8217;s Presidential vote delay unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Post Body Copy -->\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVTzPQJj5Ds\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New York Times<\/p>\n<p>Afghan Presidential Election Delayed <\/p>\n<p>January 29, 2009<br \/>\nBy DEXTER FILKINS<\/p>\n<p>KABUL \u2014 Afghan officials said Thursday they had decided to postpone the country\u2019s presidential election until August, saying they needed more time to prepare. But parliamentary opposition figures said that the decision, which appeared to contravene Afghanistan\u2019s constitution, raised doubts about the legitimacy of what could be President Hamid Karzai\u2019s final months in office.<\/p>\n<p>Azizullah Ludin, the chairman of the Independent Election Commission, said that his office had decided to put off the voting until August 20, which would give election workers more time to register candidates and set up voting machinery, and soldiers more time to bring dozens of chaotic districts under control. Mr. Ludin said the new date would allow the presidential election to take place under more favorable summer weather.<\/p>\n<p>But the decision appeared to contravene Afghanistan\u2019s constitution, which states that the president\u2019s term expires on the Roman calendar\u2019s equivalent of May 22. Fresh presidential elections, the constitution says, must be held within thirty to sixty days before the end of that term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100903064846\/http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/30\/world\/asia\/30afghan.html?hp\">Article Continues<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Afghan%20Opposition%20says%20Bro.%20Karzai%27s%20Presidential%20vote%20delay%20unconstitutional\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times Afghan Presidential Election Delayed January 29, 2009 By DEXTER FILKINS KABUL \u2014 Afghan officials said Thursday they had decided to postpone the country\u2019s presidential election until August, saying they needed more time to prepare. 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