The Wolesi Jirga, or House of the People, is the supreme law-making body in Afghanistan. The 249-seat assembly sits alongside the Meshrano Jirga to form Afghanistan’s bi-cameral parliament.
Today Democracy International issued a Press Statement addressing the recent violence reported against parliamentary candidates around Afghanistan. See the full text below or download the PDF here:
Here is our summary from the press conference by the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), held at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel today (Tuesday 31st August).
