Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai, one of the two Afghans on the U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission, resigned yesterday over alleged "foreign interference" in the recount.
Today, his top challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, says Barakzai's resignation was orchestrated by Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
A deputy campaign manager for the former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, Mr Karzai's top challenger, called the resignation a move by the Karzai campaign to call into question the validity of the fraud investigations.
"Barakzai's resignation has direct connection to Karzai. It was Karzai's idea," Saleh Mohammad Registani said. "Karzai is trying to bring the work of the ECC into question."
No response from Karzai yet. The U.N. says it will release the results of the Afghan recount in a matter of days.
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Categories: Afghan Elections (2009), Afghanistan, Politics, Regional News
Tags: Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan elections, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, Kai Eide, Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai, United Nations, voter fraud
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