INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has rejected the idea of forming a coalition government as the way forward, and instead came out in
support of holding elections.Speaking in an exclusive interview with Ariana News, Hekmatyar said that history shows that coalition
governments have not been successful in Afghanistan.Coalition governments cannot administer a country like Afghanistan
Nowhere has it been successful
In Afghanistan too, it has not been successful
Experience also suggests the same
We witnessed it in the past 40 years
The communists could not form a coalition government
The secularists couldn''t make a successful coalition government in the past 20 years,& Hekmatyar said.He said that Afghanistan needs &a
single-party government.Such a government should be led by a president who is elected and who is leading the most powerful inclusive
political party,& Hekmatyar said.He said that Hezb-e-Islami was the only inclusive political party in Afghanistan.According to Hekmatyar,
the circumstances for holding an election in Afghanistan are more suitable than ever
He said that Afghanistan needs an elected body that would make major decisions.If we could hold elections during the occupation when there
was fighting in every corner of the country, why can''t we do it now?& Hekmatyar asked
&Isn''t the security situation a hundred times better than it was in the past?On calls by some politicians for federalism, Hekmatyar said
such a system is not in the interest of Afghanistan.A federal system requires a powerful army that could control the situation
It requires a firm government supported by the majority of the public… Raising a federal system now is only watering a tree that has been
planted by the enemy.Hekmatyar also rejected the idea of holding a Loya Jirga to choose the government, saying it is an outdated
practice.Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is an Afghan politician and former mujahideen leader who twice served as prime minister during the 1990s.In
2016, he signed a peace deal with the Afghan government and was allowed to return to Afghanistan after almost 20 years in exile.The post
Hekmatyar rejects idea of coalition government, calls for elections first appeared on Ariana News.
