1. Already complaints are being voiced about the size of local councils that will select members of the loya jirga. 2. Abraham said that as president, that person would soon be able to select members of the screening panel. 3. But he died unexpectedly shortly after the interim board was named last fall, turning unanswered questions about how he selected the members into something of an Internet mystery. 4. But human rights groups immediately criticized the religious delegation and the Clinton administration, which selected its members, for not having accomplished anything substantive. 5. But the report does not clearly say how members would be selected or how much money they could allocate. 6. Celso Amorim, the Brazilian representative on the council who will head all three panels, has not yet selected the members. 7. Committees will select new members later this year. 8. Currently, the same commander who decides to convene a court martial also selects the members of the jury, known as a panel. 9. Earlier this week a delegate to the electoral college that will select members of the loya jirga in Kabul was killed hours after he was appointed. 10. He also said he could easily have selected additional members of the Indians, naming Eddie Murray, Jim Thome and Julian Tavarez. |