(Tolo News) – Dr Abdullah Monday accused the Afghan government and some cabinet ministers of meddling in parliament affairs.
Abdullah Abdullah, Leader of Change and Hope party, warned of much more problems in the house, if the interventions were not stopped.
Elections special tribunal is a big obstacle to any decision in the House of Representatives and the government uses it as a tool to create fear and control the house, Abdullah said.
“If political sides interfere, it’s normal because parliament is a political place. But when the government meddles through government authorities and ministers, it is not legally acceptable,” Abdullah told TOLOnews.
The comments came as the Afghan parliament has been unable to choose a Speaker for over ten days now.
On Monday five new faces in the Afghan parliament enrolled their names to run for the house speaker’s seat.
Temporary head of the house said the number of candidates to the post might increase.
The legislators are expected to vote for house speaker on Tuesday.
The new candidates include Ebrahim Malikzada from Ghor province, Monawar Shah Bahaduri from Herat, Dr Mohyiuddin Mehdi from Baghlan, Khaled Pashtun from Kandahar and Abdul Satar Khawasi from Parwan.
