In response to Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s statement that his team will form the next government as they have received the highest number of votes, President Ashraf Ghani’s running mate for first vice president, Amrullah Saleh, responded that by law it is only the election commissions that will announce the winner of the election.
“I call on all the other honorable candidates to stop their street judgments and let Afghanistan–like other civilized nations of the world–have a formal judgment by the institutions that are authorized to issue the verdict, which is the Independent Election Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission,” said Saleh.
Saleh said that the State Building campaign is the winner of the elections and he rejected the prospect for a runoff and the creation of a coalition government.
