Finally the period for registration of nominees for Presidential and Provincial elections has come to an end. The number of candidates for presidential election is visibly low in comparison to two previous presidential elections. And also the political arrays and communal combination of upcoming presidential elections are far interesting. The communal presentation had gotten somehow uninteresting. Despite no accurate census has been made but the communal presentation was made on assumedly ethnic population. Based on such calculation, the President should have been a Pashtun, first vice-president from Tajik and second vice-president from Hazara community. However, it was not followed in the rest of political and administrative positions. For example, in the military and civil service, the presence of ethnic groups other than the two assumedly major ethnic groups is visibly low or even in some Ministries and Departments negligible.
It seems some real changes have taken place at ground level. The way that many potential nominees selected their deputies are debatable. Potential figures who previously were just trying to attract influential leaders from Tajik and Hazara communities as their deputies, this time have embarked to political taboos. For example, Mr. Qayom Karzai, the elder brother of President Karzai who is deemed a potential runner of coming president election has selected his first deputy from Uzbek community which was neglected previously. Same is the case with some other candidates.
Somehow a similar thing happened in parliament while MPs were trying to select someone as the chief of the lower house of the parliament. All MPs were divided so sharply on communal lines. The nominees of the position from all three major ethnic groups failed because they were casting votes on communal lines. Ultimately after several fail tries, they agreed to vote for a person from minority Uzbek.
No doubt, similar differences had effects on how presidential election nominees have chosen their deputies. From previous elections, it was understood that people generally vote on the line of their ethnicity. No matter whether their independent nominee from a particular ethnic group will succeed or not but people try to vote for him irrespective of who will be the potential runner and selected whom as his deputy. So, it was felt that some movements are playing a win-win scenario. As part of the political tradition, a Tajik and a Hazara will definitely become the first and second vice president. Meanwhile, each community had their own nominees. I think these issues have paved the way for rise of minor ethnic groups who can benefit from differences of bigger brothers.