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| Afghanistan |
| New Candidates to Run for Parliament Speaker |
| 2011-02-07 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan politicians Sunday decided that new faces should run for House Speaker. Temporary head of the house said the politicians have one more day to campaign for the seat. If the politicians still fail to choose Speaker of the House, there will be some changes in internal principles of the house, said Mohammad Sarwar Osmani, Temporary Head of the House. Sunday discussions of parliamentarians also ended up with resignation of temporary house head, but MPs rejected the resignation. "I honestly want to present my resignation. I kindly suggest to be replaced by someone else," said Mr Osmani. Some legislators believe that the problem over choosing a House Speaker is caused by some institutions meddling in internal affairs of the house. "I have no idea what sort of political issues are going on in the house. We were again unable to elect a speaker," said Iqbal Safi, an Afghan MP. Residents in Kabul said they had expected more from the new house, but the house still fails to have a speaker. "They have been divided and that is why they haven't been able to elect their head," said a Kabul resident. Mohammad Yonus Qanooni, the former speaker of the house, strongly rejected the report claiming his settlement with Abdul Rasul Sayaf over the seat. It was believed that there has been a settlement between Mr Qanooni and Sayaf about the seat. Some people in the northern Balkh province thought foreign and internal interventions have caused the delay in electing a Parliament Speaker. They said Afghans had defied security threats by voting in the parliamentary poll and they do not expect the parliamentarians to disappoint them. Nine days have passed since the house was inaugurated by President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai, but the parliament has yet to have a speaker. |
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