KABUL - The IEC has said they are working on an awareness campaign to inform people about the process. 
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said over 47,000 people across the country had registered to vote in the first three days of the process.
The long-awaited voter registration process was launched on Saturday.
According to the IEC, in the first phase of the voter registration process, 1,500 registration centers opened in Kabul and in cities across the country. In the first three days, 47,828 people, including 11,668 women, registered.
In Kabul, 374 centers opened for registration.
TOLO news journalist Karim Amini on Tuesday visited a number of these centers. Amini reported however that not many people had been to the centers to register while he was there.
Meanwhile, in response to criticism by some MPs and political figures over the lack of awareness campaigns around the voter registration process, the IEC acknowledged the issue but said they were working on plans to rectify this.
We completely accept the breakdown in awareness campaigns for the people, but we are trying to accelerate the process at the moment, the IEC commissioner Maliha Hassan said.
In the meantime, the CEO’s deputies Mohammad Khan and Mohammad Mohaqiq, who on Tuesday registered to vote in Kabul, said the only way for a credible power transition was elections and urged people to register.
They also called on the public to participate in the election process. 
“People should widely participate and monitor the process to prevent fraud as witnessed in the past,” said Khan.
“If people think that a good government will not come by votes, at least they should use their voting rights to prevent a bad, or worse, government. They should register their names to become eligible for voting to determine their destiny,” Mohaqiq said.
Deputy head of Jamiat-e-Islami party Ahmad Zia Massoud also registered to vote on Tuesday. He also noted the low voter registration turnout. 
Massoud criticized the IEC for its inability to inform the people of the process and encourage them to vote.
“In order to break the power monopolization, people should come and receive their cards to vote. If we think that we should have a democracy without using our political rights (voting), there is no way,” said Massoud.
The IEC meanwhile said about 40 centers have remained closed in cities due to insecurity. (Tolo news)