Voted out ministers: SC rules in Wolesi Jirga favor

KABUL’s decision to unseat seven ministers, but the Presidential Palace said it was yet to be formally informed about the ruling.

Some government officials, who wished to go unnamed, said the apex court had endorsed the lower house’s decision of voting out seven ministers because it was parliament’s power.

Shah Hussain Murtazavi, deputy spokesman for the Presidential Palace, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Supreme Court had not informed the Presidential Palace about its decision on disqualification of ministers.

He said they would share the apex court’s judgment with media upon arrival at the Presidential Palace.

Earlier, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah said the government would decide about the fate of unseated ministers following an opinion from the Supreme Court (SC).

Umaid Misam, deputy spokesman for CEO, told reporters on Monday that the Apex Court was reviewing the Wolesi Jirga or lower house decision about ministers’ disqualification.

He hoped the SC would soon release its opinion about the voted out ministers by lawmakers and open the ground for the government to decide on the issue.

On November 2, the lower house summoned 16 ministers and impeached the ministers of foreign affairs, labour, public works, education, transport, communication and higher education in absentia.

In protest, the Cabinet referred the issue to the SC after an extraordinary meeting and asked the unseated ministers to continue in their job until the apex court’s ruling.

The ministers were disqualified one and a half month back, but the SC is yet to decide on the matter.

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