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...sidelines of the Panshir rally, Abdullah dismissed such skepticism: "Everybody else wants to bring more power to the presidency. What I am saying is that unless the people rule, this country cannot be ruled." More popular still, Abdullah has promised to establish direct elections for governors and district governors rather than continue the current policy of presidential appointment. Both systems can be abused, but analysts in Kabul argue that, in Afghanistan's young democracy, popularly elected governors would more than likely come from dominant ethnic and tribal groups, further alienating and abusing minorities...
Prosecutors from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office are currently seeking a governor’s warrant, which requires the signatures of both the Mass. and N.Y. governors. The document would allow Jiggetts to be taken involuntarily to Massachusetts to face charges...
According to the Boston Globe, Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Daniel Bennett said on Monday that Jiggetts, Jabrai J. Copney, 20, and Jason Aquino, 23, arrived at Harvard from New York on May 18. Armed with a 9 mm handgun, they met Cambridge resident Justin Cosby, 20, in the Kirkland Annex basement to steal $1,000 in drug money...
...Middlesex District Attorney’s press office could not be reached for comment on Tuesday, and Alicia Maxey Greene, the Manhattan District Attorney’s director of public information, declined to comment. Jiggetts first refused to sign a waiver allowing him to be extradited two months...
Aquino’s next appearance at court—a probable cause hearing—will take place at the Cambridge District Court on Sept. 3, according to Corey Welford, a spokesman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Boston attorney Matthew A. Kamholtz will represent Aquino and was present at the arraignment on his behalf...