(TOLO TV): Abdullah argued that instead of imposing more conditions, all offered opportunities should be taken advantage of for peace. \u00a0\u00a0Abdullah Abdullah, his deputy Mohammad Mohaqiq, senior campaign team members and Abdullah\u2019s running mates Assadullah Saadati and Babur Farahmand made speeches at the event, mainly accusing President Ghani of \u201cmonopolizing\u201d power and the peace process.\u00a0 Abdullah at this gathering was asked by his team members to stand against Ghani\u2019s \u201cone-sided\u201d decisions, citing the president’s recent appointment of a new acting minister for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u00a0 A theme of Sunday’s gathering, according to Abdullah, was a critique of \u201cthe arbitrary way that the Presidential Palace violates the National Unity Government\u2019s agreement,” which is a reference to the arrangement in which Ghani and Abdullah share power following the controversial 2014 election.\u00a0 But Abdullah mainly focused on issues around the peace process and election \u2013 the two processes that are experiencing \u201cslow progress,” according to analysts.\u00a0 Abdullah said his team is inclusive and can be a main stakeholder of the (peace) negotiations.\u00a0 Abdullah’s advocacy for a less restrictive approach to the peace process contrasts President Ghani\u2019s consistent demand for a ceasefire instead of a reduction in violence. The Taliban has stated they are open to a reduction in violence.\u00a0 \u201cPeace is the will of all Afghans and it is not the monopoly of the Presidential Palace,\u201d Abdullah said, adding \u201call Afghans have the right to be included in the negotiations.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cPeace is a priority for us,\u201d Abdullah reiterated at a meeting on Saturday held at the residence of Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy of Abdullah Abdullah, which brought together several key politicians, including former President Hamid Karzai, former vice president Mohammad Younus Qanooni, and the head of the High Peace Council (HPC), Mohammad Karim Khalili. Abdullah said at that meeting that the election will help the peace efforts, calling it an important process. He assured his supporters that their rights will be defended and that a transparent result will be announced.\u00a0 \u201cWe expect the electoral complaints commission to address all the complaints that are based on documents,\u201d Abdullah said. \u201cThe two (election) commissions should act based on the law.\u201d\u00a0 Abdullah said a group within the government misuses their authority, which, according to him, has increased corruption and has affected accountability.\u00a0 \u201cWithout the National Unity Government, the incumbent government does not have legitimacy, even for a minute,\u201d Abdullah said. \u201cThe Palace does not have the right to make one-sided decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(TOLO TV): Abdullah argued that instead of imposing more conditions, all offered opportunities should be taken advantage of for peace. \u00a0\u00a0Abdullah Abdullah, his deputy Mohammad Mohaqiq, senior campaign team members and Abdullah\u2019s running mates Assadullah Saadati and Babur Farahmand made speeches at the event, mainly accusing President Ghani of \u201cmonopolizing\u201d power and the peace process.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2694,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions\/2694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}