Wolesi Jirga limits
sessions in order to counter against Covid 19
The Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday’s plenary
session made decision to limit plenary and commissions’ sessions in order to
counter against Covid 19 and preventing of its spread.
The session was held under the chairmanship of Mir Rahman
Rahmani, while legislators made decision with majority votes to limit the
plenary and commissions’ sessions for a while (once in a week, plenary and
commissions’ sessions) in order to struggle against Covid 19 and preventing of
its spread.
In accordance to agenda, head of administrative reforms
and civil services commission and chief of national development authority were
invited in today’s session to provide information about cancelling of
computerize exam for 2nd and 3rd posts and delay for
implementing of some projects, how hiring of employees and contracts, but due
to some reasons they were not attend in the session which faced with serious criticize
of MPs.
People representatives says, wide corruption is at the
contract and hiring of staffs at the national development authority.
At the meantime, lawmakers accused in corruption the head
of administrative reforms and civil services commission (ARCSC), they went on
to say, officials of this administration avoids for providing of information to
the Nation House.
These MPs urged that decision should be made about
existence of corruption in both aforementioned organs.
Overall in today’s session varieties of important of
issues were discussed.
MPs from Sar-e- Pul,
Kunduz, Ghor, Badakhshan, Ghazni and Herat provinces expressed their concerns in relation to intensifying
of war in these provinces, they says, due to carelessness of government
officials, a few districts of the
provinces including a military unit collapsed into the Taliban hand.
Overall, MPs expressed their concerns over ongoing war in
some other provinces of the country, they says, lack of reaching to food and necessary
military equipment and lack of resolute support from security forces is the factor of insecurity, they emphasized that urgent attention should be paid in this
regard.
People representatives says, the country’s security and
defensive forces are able to defense from the country’s land, but, lack of
correct leadership and inattention of officials caused increase of insecurity
and collapsing of some districts.
These MPs says, the ground of meeting should be provided
with President in order to share the peoples’ problems with him.
At the meantime, some legislators asked people to be
alongside with the country’s security forces in order to defense from system
and stand against Taliban.
At the meantime, these MPs said, reforms should be brought
at the leadership level of security organs in order to pave the ground for people
to be unit for support of the system.
Overall, MPs expressed their concerns in relation to
outbreak of the 3rd wave of Covid 19, some legislators by criticizing
on public health ministry, says, officials for the ministry were not success in
treatment of Coronavirus patients.
Lack of implementing of the salaries increase plan for government’s
employees and teachers by ministry of finance was faced with MPs criticize, these
MP emphasized that the salaries increase plan should be implemented.
The Wolesi Jirga chairman, Mir Rahman Rahmani by expressing
concern in relation to the country’s condition, instructed to the related
commissions to question related security officials in this regard.
Overall, Rahmani expressed his concern about outbreak of
the 3rd wave of Covid 19 and criticized for lack of sufficient and necessary
facilities at country’s hospitals, instructed to the health and physical education
commission to probe in this regard.
In relation to increase of salaries for government’s employees
and teachers, Rahmani said, officials for ministry of finance have expressed
their commitment at the financial commission for implementing of the salaries
increase plan in Sonbola month.
Translator: Mustafa Akrami, June 16, 2021