Karzai moves to control election watchdog

[Oregone]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly granted himself powers over a key electoral watchdog, a move likely to aggravate relations between his government and NATO allies fighting insurgents in the war-torn country.

In a presidential decree published last week, Karzai gave himself the power to appoint all five members of Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), according to the BBC and U.K. newspapers the Guardian and Telegraph.

The commission, headed by Canadian Grant Kippen, helped expose massive fraud in last year's presidential poll, forcing Karzai into a second vote.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/23/nato-afghanistan-troops.html#ixzz0gQxaMs1I

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Hey, we turning that corner yet? Light at the end of the tunnel? Im sure everyone there is just thrilled this is the guy in charge.