President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that the next president will take an oath within the next three weeks, as he addressed a ceremony on the distribution of 1,000 apartments to Afghan forces (including families of fallen forces).
Afghanistan’s presidential election was held on September 28. Ghani is among 13 candidates who ran for president.
Almost 2.6 million people have voted in the elections from a registered 9.6 million, according to the Independent Election Commission.
“The next president, who will be chosen based on pure votes of the people, will take the oath in the next three weeks,” Ghani said.“The election commissions have the responsibility to announce (the final results).”
Regarding the granting of apartments, Ghani said that he would be available to answer questions about residency policy for the next three weeks, after which decisions would be made by the next president.
