KABUL - On the last day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, on Sunday, the gathering's Chairman, Sebghatullah Mujadadi, said that if President Hamid Karzai did not follow the Jirga's recommendation to sign the Kabul-Washington security pact, then he would flee Afghanistan.

Mujadadi's comments come at a time when many are anxious about the next few years in Afghanistan, with the NATO coalition withdrawing in 2014 and the country's first potential democratic transition of Presidential power lying around the corner in April.

In recent weeks, Afghanistan has been consumed by debate over the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which would ensure a close military partnership between the U.S. and Afghanistan post-2014.

The Loya Jirga on Sunday voted to approve the BSA, which will now be forwarded on to both houses of the National Assembly for formal ratification.

"We want to sign this agreement and it must be signed," Mujadadi said on Sunday. "This is something that we cannot give up. For now, the President should promise us that he will sign the agreement soon and as far as our experience, knowledge and Islamic law shows, Inshallah this agreement is in our favor."

On Thursday, during is opening speech at the Jirga, President Karzai said he would not sign the accord - even if it was approved by the Jirga and Parliament - until after the spring Presidential elections.

However, U.S. officials have demanded the pact be finalized before the end of the year.

Mujadadi assured TOLOnews that if the BSA was not signed, then he would leave Afghanistan

"We request for this agreement to be signed soon and if President Karza does not sign, then I promise you that, though I have been a servant to this nation for the past thirty five years, I will resign," Mujadadi said. "I will resign from everything and will emigrate from this country and will say that I have fled the bad policies of our government."

Many have argued the BSA is essential to Afghanistan's future stability and progress.

And if the agreement is not lived-up to by the U.S., Mujadadi said the Jirga would be responsible.

"If our friends the Americans deny any article of the agreement, then we, the nation will be the ones to answer."

Many experts have argued the Jirga is more in Afghanistan's interest than the U.S., which is war-weary after 12 years of combat. (Tolo news)