KABUL (Pajhwok): The Wolesi Jirga could not hold its once a week session on Monday because a majority of the house members were absent campaigning for their reelection in the Oct 20 polls.
Earlier, Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi had said the lower house would meet once a week during the electoral campaign.
However, only ten lawmakers were present on their seats at today’s session.
Zakria Zakria, a lawmaker from Kabul, said a majority of the house members were busy campaigning and thus most of them were unavailable. He said Irfanullah Irfan, the house’s secretary, was also not present.
Abdul Satar Darzabi, another lawmaker from Faryab province, said the absenteeism showed weakness of the house administrative board.
But Chaman Sha, another lawmaker, said 95 per cent of the house members were contesting the upcoming Wolesi Jirga elections and it was their right to continue their campaign.