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No Plan to Found Political Party, Says Ghani

No Plan to Found Political  Party, Says Ghani

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani, calling himself people’s servant, says he is not interested in founding a political party and his presidency is connecting different sections of society.
The president expressed the views during a consultative meeting with political leaders at the Presidential Palace on Monday night.
A statement from the Presidential Palace said Syed Ali Akbar Kazimi spoke on behalf of political parties and expressed his gratitude to Ghani for consulting them on important national issues.
He floated suggestions and views of political parties on rifts within government, insecurity, depoliticisation of security organs and appointments on merit.
Livelihood and employment opportunities for people, the fight against administrative corruption and other issues came under discussion. The political parties supported the government’s reform agenda.
The president welcomed representatives of political parties and pointed to recent incidents in Kabul, saying: “The horrific terrorist attacks in the capital have caused all of us sorrows and pains.”
He once again expressed his condolences to the affected families. The aim of the recent attacks was to disrupt the Kabul Process Conference, a major event after the Bonn Conferences, he alleged.
The war that was initially waged against the security forces had now been directed against the whole nation and its unity, Ghani remarked.
The president called regional and international consensus on Afghanistan unprecedented, saying the world for the first time reached agreement on stability and prosperity in the country.
He stressed the consensus should be used effectively in the interests of Afghanistan. The fight should be transformed into a political struggle. Peace is dependent on ending the war, he said.
The president pointed to Kabul’s peace talks with Pakistan and said, “We want a permanent and honorable peace so it would not open a door for future conflicts,”
He added there should be a distinction between stability, peace and security because security might worsen if the peace process headed in a wrong direction.
Problems among countries should be resolved through governments, otherwise relations could not be established as non-political relations were unacceptable, he said.
Ghani stressed the need for cleaning up government organs, saying 70 percent of the reform process had been completed at the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
He also called for reforms in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and all other security organs. Security forces should be totally neutral, apolitical and professional and that would have a deep impact on the overall situation, he believed.
He said the election process should be implemented with transparency and rules must be enforced over relationships and favoritism.
The president asked political parties to supervise reforms and recruitment to government departments.
Ghani said he had inherited governance-related and was trying to manage the country’s economy and eradicate poverty. (Pajhwok)