Kerry brokered an agreement between the two camps in July after allegations of corruption by Abdullah, who in a June runoff finished second to Ghani by roughly a million votes. Part of the agreement was the review of every vote cast in the runoff, a process that continued this week despite a shaky start and confusion over the criteria for invalidating ballots.<\/p>\n
The agreement also called for the formation of a so-called national unity government involving the losing candidate. Under the deal, the candidate who loses the runoff would be allowed to pick an individual to serve in a \u201cchief executive\u201d position. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yet another win for John Kerry – he struck a deal between the two parties and now he has to strike another deal with them. I’m sure the picture posted above will influence them to take Kerry’s advice. In fact, the only reason I wrote this post was so I could post the picture of Kerry on a pink girl’s bicycle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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