In accordance to agenda, acting minister of finance Humayon Qayomi and head of supreme audit office were questioned in the session to provide details in relation to expenditure fiscal year 1397.

MPs from financial and budget commission of Wolesi Jirga by presenting of report, pointed on law violation in expenditure fiscal year 1397, added, an confidential and 8 dispute cases has been identified at the joint session.

Based on released report, majority spending of the allocated budget by National Directorate Security (NDS), increase of formation opposite to principles in some budgetary units, modification of development projects in operative code, change in precautionary code and transfer of projects were the law violations, the joint commission has also agreed that those administrative units who spend less 80% of their development budget should be summoned.

Acting minister of finance in answer to released report said, ministry of finance is transparent in accounting and any money of government is not embezzlement, added, modification issue and transferring of projects in expenditure fiscal year 1397 is implemented by president’s decrees, and some modification is in competence of finance minister based on article 16 of budget code.

But, Qayomi’s information couldn’t obtain MPs satisfaction, legislators pointed on more violations issues, in result decision was made that on next Wednesday plenary session voting should be done in order to verifies and rejection of expenditure.

In the sideline of the session, parliamentary lawmakers talked in relation to approval of child’s rights law, added, an article of the mentioned law is opposed to the Islam instructions, so approval of that should be review.

The Wolesi Jirga chairman Mir Rahman Rahmani said, delegations have been appointed and comprehensive discussion will be take place on how approval of child’s rights law and the result of that will be submitted in plenary session.

Overall, a number of legislators talked in relation to military operation in order to arresting of Nezamuddin Qaisary in Balkh province and they condemned such attack on Qaisari’s house, added, if Qaisari is culprit, should be punished via legal organs not by launching of military operation, MPs urged that all culprits should be punished equally.

Likewise, MPs from Herat province expressed their concerns in relation to increase of insecurity and terror over there, added, everyday people is killing due to diversity incidents, but any attention is not paid by relevant sectors in this regard, meanwhile they reiterated that police chief is not able for securing of security in Herat province.

Moreover in today’s session, people representatives expressed their concerns in relation to increase of insecurity in highways of Zabul, Qandahar, Maidan Wardak, Helmand and Farah provinces, in addition to the assassination of civilians, blackmail and harassment of pedestrian has been increased by oppositions and some police over there.

Concerns in relation to existence of widespread corruption at different levels of the country, embezzlement of 50% of the country revenue, entering of 200 vehicles daily from Pakistan via Paktia rout in the country sans paying of customs tariff, increase of insecurity in bordering area of Badkhshan province and attention for addicts prisoners who has age 80 were the issues which was discussed in today’s session.

by collecting of the aforementioned issues, Rahmani instructed to the relevant commissions to invite related officials in order to discuss the issue of addicts prisoners, how to persecution of Nizamuddin Qaisari, insecurity in the country’s highways, corruption in customs, entering of 200 vehicles daily sans customs tax in the country, fake document of a IEC commissioner and insecurity in Herat province.

Translator: Mustfa Akrami,December,16,2019