MPs face anger over arbitrary holidays in parliament

A number of parliament members compliant about the holidays that have no specific reason with the given crisis situation of the country.

The parliament has closed on Monday without any reason and had no plans for the public hearings and commissions meetings.

They criticized the administrative board of parliament; citing a public meeting should have been held regarding the current situation of the country.

“Not only this time, but also the other days we have the same problem and due to the absence of some parliament members the essential agendas remain without the approval,” said Muhammad Nader Katwazay, representative of Paktia.

Chaman Shah Etemadi, representative of Ghazni has also said, “The absence of lawmakers makes the prestige and authority of parliament questioning.”

Meanwhile, a number of other lawmakers emphasized that the parliament needed to keep working instead of going for holidays.

“With the given situation of the country, the national assembly should not be closed,” said Muhammad Ali Akhlaqi, representative of Kabul.

They parliament members stressed that no government institutions have right to have holidays without the public holidays and the functions of a big institution should not remain for the another next day.