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Abdul Jabbar Sabit FIRED!
Published by admin on July 17th, 2008 | Tagged Afghan Government, Afghan Politics, News, Random News
THE Attorney-general Abdul Jabbar Sabit has been removed from his post after two years as the country’s most senior prosecutor.
President Karzai said on Wednesday that he has made the decision after Sabit signalled his desire to run for president at the next elections.
“Sabit’s announcement that he will run for president is against the attorney-general’s code of conduct. So the announcement means that he has resigned and the president has approved this,” a statement released by the presidential office said.
Karzai informed Sabit of his decision on Wednesday morning, the statement read.
Under the constitution, the president has the power to dismiss prosecutors if they become a member of a political party during their time in office.
In an interview with an Afghan news agency on Tuesday, Sabit said he planned to run in next year’s presidential elections.
“I am not interested in the post of president: I only want to serve my nation and this is a very effective means through which I can serve Afghans,” Sabit told Pajhwok.
Sabit cut a controversial figure during his two years as attorney-general.
The privately owned Tolo TV station accused him of masterminding a raid on its offices in Kabul last year after the station recorded an interview portraying Sabit in a negative light.
Seven journalists, including four from the foreign Associated Press news agency, were arrested in the raid.
Some criticise Sabit for failing to keep his promise of a crack-down on corruption.
Others say he let former militia commander General Dostum off the hook. Dostum was alleged to have kidnapped and beaten up his former campaign manager and Sabit promised to carry out a thorough investigation into the allegations.
But, despite threatening to arrest Dostum, the matter was pushed under the carpet and forgotten.
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