8 Ministers have no authority to make decisions – MPs

Eight Afghan cabinet ministers are not authorized to make decisions using their legal powers.

Lawmakers say that the eight ministers who were recently approved by the Afghan Parliament does not have the required authorities to assign or terminate someone from their administrations.

Mohammad Abdah, a member of the Afghan Lower House said,” Presidential decree number eight is still enforceable, ministers are still restricted, when we go to the minister’s office, they deny accepting our requests saying that we are not authorized yet, the President must cancel his decree”.

After President Ghani’s inauguration, he issued a decree stating that all ministers will be acting till the assignment of new cabinet members, now the inquiry has affected the eight ministers who have received their votes of confidence from the Afghan Parliament about two months ago.

“ The President is interfering in minor issues, even in recruiting an ordinary employee, he must return the authorities of those ministers who have received their approval from the House to perform their duties normally,” Ashuqullah Wafa another member of the Parliament stated.

Presidential Spokesperson Ajmal Obaid Abedy in a phone talk with Ariana News rejected the claims saying that the ministers are fully authorized.

“ Presidential Decree No. 8 is very clear, the Second Paragraph states that the ministries and independent directorates must avoid recruitment or dismissal of their personnel until the new ministers and directors are going to be assigned – now the new ministers are authorized to assign or dismiss new staffs,” Abedy highlighted.

Currently, Seventeen ministries and the Afghanistan Central Bank is managed by acting ministers and acting director without having the authority to assign or dismiss someone, and the MPs are reviewing the documents of the sixteen ministers who were lately introduced to Afghan Parliament by Second Vice President for approval.

Reported by: Nasrat Parsa