KABUL members elected lawmaker Mir Rahman Rahmani as speaker of the lower house with a majority of votes on Saturday.
Since May 16, nearly a dozen candidates contested the speaker election but none was able to collect 50-plus one votes.
Finally on Saturday, Mir Rahmani, who had secured 123 votes and his rival Khan Mohammad Wardak 105 votes in the previous round, ran for the post.
In today’s Wolesi Jirga session, 245 lawmakers were present and each candidate was required to 123 . . .
