Success of Afghan Election Hinges on Credibility Among Afghans
Category: POLITICS
The candidates must accept the final results of the runoff, and remain open to working together in the next government. If the loser feeds a frenzy of public opposition, it could lay the groundwork for something like the civil war that tore the country apart and opened the door to Taliban rule in the 1990s.
By Sam Schneider, ContributorWBG consultant, MPA student at Columbia SIPA, 2014-05-22