<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> constitution was Sharia-based and also needed reforms, while some lawmakers accused the government of violating most parts of the supreme law.</p>
<p>Danish, addressing a gathering marking the 16<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the constitution here, said the <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a> had asked for amendments to the constitution because they believed it was not based on Sharia.</p>
<p>“This claim of the Taliban is baseless and unacceptable because Islamic scholars had discussed every article of the constitution before it was approved”, he said.</p>
<p>“Emirate, Khilafat and other groups are only titles, not political systems, and currently most of the states in the <a href="/en/world" class="glossify-link">world</a> stand on three pillars the executive, legislative and judiciary led by a president”, he said.</p>
<p>However, Danish said only those parts of the law should be amended which were ambiguous or not compatible with the demands of the time.</p>
<p>Mohammad Qasim Hashimzada, head of Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of Constitution (ICOIC) who was also present in the program, said that a state required discipline and Constitution if it wanted to be in peace.</p>
<p>“Seeking peace without respecting the constitution should not be acceptable and the constitution should be implemented for ensuring peace, he said.</p>
<p>Violations of the constitution</p>
<p>Some members of the <a href="/en/wolesi-jirga" class="glossify-link">Wolesi Jirga</a> or lower house say that most articles of the constitution have been violated by all the three pillars, particularly the executive branch.</p>
<p>Ghulam Hussain Naseri, a lawmaker from Kabul, told today’s session of the Wolesi Jirga that 62 percent of the constitution had been violated by the three pillars of the state.</p>
<p>He asked the administrative board of the house and other lawmakers to work for enforcement of the law and prevent its violation.</p>
<p>Fatima, a lawmaker from Kunduz province, said, “The executive pillar has mostly violated the constitution. Injustice and discrimination between people is also a violation of the constitution, I hope the new establishment would respect the constitution.”</p>
<p>A number of other members of the house held similar views.</p>
<p>Mds/ma</p>
