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| Afghanistan |
| Physical clash among lawmakers over Central Bank nominee |
| 2015-01-25 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Lower House of the Parliament ‐ Wolesi Jirga once again witnessed dispute and brawl among the politicians over cabinet nominees holding dual nationality. Today's dispute resulted to physical clash between two female politicians over Central Bank Chief Nominee Khalil Sediq after a number of the politicians objected regarding his presence in the parliament to present his work plans. The politicians said Mr. Sediq can not present his working plans since he is holding dual citizenship. But the administrative delegation of the Lower House said the resolution was passed only for the minister nominees and therefore the Central Bank chief was excluded. The Lower House speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi requested Khalil Sediq to leave the house after disputes resulted to physical clash between two female politicians Shekiba Hashimi and Lailuma Wali Hakimi. The two female politicians were also forced to leave the house after the security guards interferred to end the dispute. The decision to reject the nominees with dual citizenship was taken by joint parliamentary commission after reviewing the documents of each minister-designate and passing a resolution last week. Last week's brawl among the Afghan politicians started after MP Shukria Barekzai criticized the recent decision by joint parliamentary commission to reject the nominees, insisting that the Parliament House is not authorized to deprive the rights of an Afghan national from election and voting. The administrative delegation of the parliament decided last week that the house would consider to cancel the resolution if the opposing politicians collect signatures from 1/3 of the opposing politicians and 2/3 of the politicians vote for the cancellation of the resolution. The seven nominees who were rejected by the Lower House of the Parliament includes Salahuddin Rabbani, Noor-ul-Haq Ulomi, Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, Ai Sultan Khairi, Ahmad Seyar Majhoor, Shah Zaman Maiwandi and Faizullah Kakar. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 That's not a clash... |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-01-25 01:00 |