In his book,my father talks about discontinuing his engagement with d Emergency Loya Jirga technical team following UNAMA & Af gov's decision 2 lift restrictions on participation of wartime leaders as candidates.He felt that dis decision limited free public engagement & choice.
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He comments how in the selection of the Loya Jirga Commission members, a lot of thought seemed to have been put into "ethnic" diversity, but it seemed like there was little effort put into selecting qualified candidates & people unattached to different political factions.
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This trend continued & has now sadly been institutionalized & has become d norm, turning state institutions, including our judicial sector, & even "independent" entities, to battleground f different political factions & thus for d most part ineffective.
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Most of this happened with direct involvement & endorsement of our international partners, or at least without any strong objections from them.
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Elections is another example. N d process f creating a shortcut 2 democracy,no substantive thought has been given 2 creating credible dispute resolution mechanisms, thus making prolonged electoral disputes inevitable. One f several serious unaddressed flaws f d electoral system.
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We continue building on mistakes of d past, without correcting course or rethinking our appraoch. I hope this won't be the case with efforst 2 end d war. This discussion about Eric Prince is another reminder of the obsession with shortcuts.
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I hope we r wiser as we move forward with discussion & decisions regarding d peace process. I hope we don't invest on a process that assumes peace can b built without inclusivity & attention 2 justice. I hope we don't repeat d shortcut approach, as it has continued to fail us all
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We Afghans r responsible for d future of Afg,but so r our international partners, as they continue 2 have d power n determining d course.F they continue 2 empower d most ineffective, corrupt & detached, & continue 2 invest on shortcuts,not solutions, we will all continue 2 suffer
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Replying to @ShaharzadAkbar @alibomaye
who is the ineffective, corrupt and detached? The government? the warlords? the civil society? we are responsible for d future of Afg and our responsibility starts with speaking about the truth, and letting the people & international partners know what the main problem is
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Replying to @Nargisazaryun @alibomaye
There r ineffective, corrupt & detached individuals (& orgs) among gov officials, MPs, political "leaders", even d civil society sadly. D culture of impunity, weak judicial sector, lack of accountability of both donors and Af NGOs to public, &more factors 'v contributed to this.
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There r also competent, committed, patriotic individuals & strong & transparent organizations in every sector. That can’t be overlooked. But why have to stop & ask what is our role in contributing to weaknesses & waste, & how can we improve?
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Replying to @ShaharzadAkbar @alibomaye
improvement is the main challenge, the most powerful people in our country are the most corrupt and ineffective. Starting with the president. He became the president with massive corruption, hires the most corrupt person as his advisor.. & we are mostly silent about that
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at a situation like this is, it is difficult to expect from the civil society and other orgs to be transparent and effective. Ofcrs despite these challenges there are transparent and just individuals and organizations that should be supported
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