Liberal Demokratic Party of Afghanistan
Hürderstrasse 4 - D-85551 Kirchheim - Germany - Fax 0049 (0) 89 - 329 21 73

info@afghanistan-jamhuriat.com

Total members: 117.524 (26 June 2017)

 

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

On the one hand, the Afghan people are falling victim to the protracted war, and on the other hand, there are other factors that are also leading to the premature death of our people, such as drug use, pollution, and road traffic accidents.

The number of drug addicts in Afghanistan is currently about 4 million. Every year, more than 100,000 Afghans, including adolescents and women, die as a result of their drug addiction.

Opium and heroin raised in Afghanistan are also being exported to neighbouring countries and around the world. Having produced approx. 9,000 tonnes of opium in 2017, Afghanistan is the world leading supplier, accounting for around 85% of the global output. Consequently, a significant portion of the world's population is suffering from the effects of growing poppies for opium in Afghanistan.

When we take over the government, we will change the penal laws and provide for more severe penalties for drug offences. Like Singapore and Indonesia, we will introduce capital punishment for the crimes of growing poppies for opium, drug production, and drug trafficking.

This is why we want to give Afghan farmers advance warning about growing poppies and producing opium and the consequences they will face. Your drug products are causing the deaths of countless people in Afghanistan and worldwide. This is why drug production is also banned in Islam. Farmers should not expect to claim their need to feed to their families as an excuse for growing poppies and producing opium. You should take advantage of the opportunities to switch to legal alternatives, such as other agricultural products as saffron, fruit, vegetables, and cotton. We want to save the lives of drug addicts, including teenagers and women, in Afghanistan and around the world.

In Afghanistan, about 100,000 people die each year as a result of the polluted environment, caused mainly by exhaust from cars and industry. In addition, several thousand people a year, including women and children, are victims of traffic accidents. The causes lie in the accidents caused by chaotic road traffic and vehicles that are unfit to be on the road.

In Afghanistan, we will prescribe regular (TÜV-type) technical inspection testing for vehicles and open (TÜV-type) technical inspection offices in major cities. We will have the specialised staff for technical inspections trained in Germany and Turkey. In Kabul and other major cities, we will prohibit the use of diesel-powered cars. In cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants, only cars with Euro 5 engines would be allowed on the roads. We will increase the tariffs on imported cars with diesel engines. We also want to modernise the road system and tighten penalties for traffic violations.

Factories that exceed the exhaust limits will only be allowed to operate outside the cities and would have to pay higher taxes to offset the environmental pollution they cause.

We will order the planting of new trees in Kabul and other cities because they are useful for filtering and keeping the air clean.

We want to take appropriate measures to ensure that the city of Kabul remains controllable and therefore avoid further urbanisation that only harms citizens and the environment.

We will ban the transport of passengers on the roof racks of buses because it exposes people to mortal danger. We will introduce the following legislation for buses:

Buses that transport passengers from one town to another and cover a distance of 30 km or more should have a vehicle length of 12 meters and a maximum of 44 passenger seats plus 1 driver and 1 co-driver seat.

It will be the government's job to protect the life and health of all people. Therefore the above measures will be required.

In Kabul and ten other cities, several thousand citizens have demonstrated against Mr Ashraf Ghani's government for several days for having falsified 1.2 million votes in the recent presidential election.

Mr Ghani manipulated the results of 4 elections in Afghanistan. According to media reports, he has wasted enormous sums of money on elections: $171 million on the last presidential elections and more than $700,000 million on all 4 elections.

Mr Ashraf Ghani is a master of lies and falsification. He has failed in all aspects of his governing duties. During his rule, corruption has increased everywhere in the areas of administration, customs, military, police, public procurement, etc. Women's rights have worsened, the number of robberies is on the rise, and the sexual abuse of underage boys has increased. Government jobs are being awarded for cash bribes. Drug production and trafficking have increased. The previous costs of the US government for the fight against drugs production in Afghanistan reached a sum of  about $7 billion.

Mr. Ashraf Ghani is a traitor to the nation. He has been involved in several crimes including corruption, election fraud, nepotism, violations of the law, sex scandals, and abuse of office. Therefore, he and his accomplices must be held accountable by the judicial authorities. We are not seeking vigilante justice. We will allow Mr Ashraf Ghani a fair trial in compliance with the law.

We strongly condemn the suicide bombings that continue to kill innocent people. We will introduce harsh punishments for terrorists and traitors, including death sentences such as those used in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Ashraf Ghani is complicit in the current insecure situation in Afghanistan for sabotaging and blocking international peace efforts. His government's strategy is to continue the war so that he can remain in office.

The Taliban have repeatedly stated that they do not want to hold peace talks with Mr Ashraf Ghani because he is corrupt and a liar. If Ashraf had resigned as President a year ago, we would already have long had peace with the Taliban.

We will negotiate with the Taliban only after the end of the Ghani regime. We do not want to negotiate with the Taliban in Qatar, but in Kabul.

We want to realise a comprehensive peace throughout the country. Therefore, we will issue an amnesty to those Afghans who were involved in the war up to 1992, such as Mr Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mr Rashid Dostum, and others.

We want to make it clear that we are free of any influence from other sides and other countries in shaping our party's policies. We wish to thank the Federal Republic of Germany and the world community for their adherence to the principle of non-interference.

Best regards

Hayattullah Maiwand

1.Chairman of the FDPA