Office of the Administrative Affairs as well as the secretariat of Council of Ministers have sent the law governing the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) to the ministry of parliamentary affairs after additional views and comments were made over the law.
Following the approval by the National Assembly, the law was sent to the president to be signed, however, the president did not sign the law and it is to be resent to the National Assembly for a second approval with considerations over the views from the Supreme Court, Independent Commission of Overseeing the Implementation of Constitution (ICOIC), and Ministry of Justice.
The organisations have urged, through their suggestions, that in accordance with the Afghan constitution, the IEC is founded for administrating and supervising any elections within the country while founding the ECC is in contradiction with the constitution.
It is not legal to have Supreme Court representatives at the ECC when the commission is carrying out non-judiciary tasks, the organisations have suggested.
They have further said that founding a committee for selecting the members of IEC and ECC is not cited in the constitution and it's implementable; founding such committee is in contradiction with the principle of dividing the three branches of government and it would as well cause limitations to the president.
A number of political parties and coalitions warned that the president has no intention to sign the law.
"There could be no justification for the law not to be signed," said Tahir Zaheer, member of People's Islamic Unity of Afghanistan, "After the approval by the National Assembly, the president should sign it very soon."
Member of National Front Fazlurrahman Oria said "If the president wants the law to be sent to Supreme Court, it would mean he wants the elections to be held with a legislative decree following which we will not have elections but selections."
TOLOnews contacted the president's office, but officials refused to comment.
There are fears that in case the law governing the IEC and ECC is not signed by the president, the elections will not be free, fair, and transparent.
The upcoming presidential election of Afghanistan – which is planned to be held on May 5, 2014 – is looked at as the most prominent and effective event to the country's future.