With a population of 33,609,937 people, (as of June 2009) the Afghanistan nation needs a strong leader.
In the 2009 Afghan elections, after much confusion and dispute, Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of the country’s presidential poll after cancelling a planned runoff election, according to The Guardian website (www.guardian.co.uk).
On Election Day, Aug. 20, 2009, current Afghan president Hamid Karzai was challenged by Abdullah Abdullah.
According to Mel Labrum, U.S. History and American Government teacher at RHS, it is believed that in the summer election the agency monitoring the election found around 1 million fraudulent votes for Karzai.
“Which means it’s not legitimate.” Labrum said.
In the recent Nov. election, Karzai’s only opponent dropped out of the race, making Karzai the Afghan president by default.
The real concern here, according to Labrum, is that the people of Afghanistan do not support Karzai as their leader.
And if the people don’t support Karzai, they won’t support America.
“I hope they have another election, to get the true support of the people,” said Labrum.