Afghanistan: Final vote results announcement confirmed for Sunday

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has said that the final vote results announcement has been confirmed for Sunday, September 21st.

IEC spokesman, Noor Mohammad Noor said the final results for the runoff presidential will be released by election commission on Sunday. Noor had earlier said that the election commission expects to release the final vote results today.

The decision to announce the final vote results comes as presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani finalized an agreement to form a national unity government on Friday.

Release of final vote results, share of power and authorities of the chief executive are believed to be the main reasons prohibiting the conclusion of the controversial electoral process.

In the meantime, President Hamid Karzai has once again hosted the two candidates for talks on unity government.

Speaking during the commemoration ceremony of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani’s third death anniversary, President Karzai said he expects a good news for the Afghan people following his meeting with the two candidates.