Reactions against Distribution of E-IDs
The 29th commemoration ceremony of the withdrawal of Soviet Red Army was held in Kabul, and a number of prominent Afghan figures reacted against the distribution of e-IDs in the country.
The 29th commemoration ceremony of the withdrawal of Soviet Red Army was held in Kabul, and a number of prominent Afghan figures reacted against the distribution of e-IDs in the country.
Former Afghan VP M. Younis Qanuni said: “if an establishment does not respond to the reformist demands of the citizens, it will eventually lead to a ‘revolution’ and the protests do not mean to overthrow the current administration.”
“If an establishment does not respond positive to the reformist demands of the citizens, it will lead to a revolution,” Qanuni warned the Afghan political leaders about emerging an uncontrollable crisis in the country.
“No one has stood up to overthrow the system neither in provinces nor inside or outside the administration. This is the mistake of our government leaders that assume protest and call for justice as overthrowing the government,” he added.
“If an election full of fraud held in the country, the results would definitely not acceptable to people,” Qanuni said.
On the other hand, Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy to executive directorate criticized inserting the word “Afghan” as the identity of all ethnic groups, accusing the government of imposing a particular ethnicity on all ethnic groups of Afghanistan.
“Every ethnic group must be inserted in e-ID cards and we will become a nation through recognizing the identity of each other,” said Mohaqiq, addressing at a commemoration ceremony of the Soviet Red Army withdrawal, adding “the recognition of all ethnic groups of Afghanistan with their identity, will lead to the unity of Afghan people.”
“The government is pushing to impose one particular ethnicity on all ethnic groups of Afghanistan, which it will divide the people and the government should avoid it,” he continued.
Mohaqiq warned that the government is issuing legislative decree every day to question the parliament, and the issue of e-IDs must be left to House of Representatives so that all Afghan ethnic groups decide on it.
The chief executive of the national unity government Dr. Abdullah Abdullah said: “the country is in a sensitive position and Afghan authorities should not try to go from crisis to crisis.”
“No one can impose something on people when they do not accept it,” he stressed.
“A wrong decision may have horrible consequences and no one can take its responsibility,” he added.
The government had earlier initiated the distribution of e-IDs through a legislative decree while penning the word “Afghan” as the identity of all ethnic groups, despite the fact that the decree was rejected in the House of Representatives.
