Karzai Proposes Alternative to National Assembly Issue, Illustrates Government S

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Karzai Proposes Alternative to National Assembly Issue, Illustrates Government S

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Newly-elected leader of the Afghan transitional government Hamid Karzai proposed an alternative on Monday to the heated issue of the national assembly and illustrated the structure of the transitional government.

During a speech in the afternoon, Karzai suggested that four orfive delegates should be selected from each of the nine electoral regions throughout the country, and they should stay in Kabul after the Loya Jirga to discuss about the establishment of the national assembly.

He asked the delegates to cooperate and consult with the local authorities at the district and regional level and to give advice to the central government when some significant events take place.

Foreign Minister of the Interim Administration Abdullah Abdullah explained at a press conference after the session that Karzai's proposal was put forward due to the disagreement on the formation of the national assembly and other issues.

"It would not be possible to come out with a formula for the national assembly, because the floor is divided between two formulas in the past," said Abdullah.

Due to limited time, Karzai proposes another mechanism by founding a commission out of the Loya Jirga, he added. "It will stay beyond the Loya Jirga term and decide upon the procedures, formula and criteria and so on,"

He explained that the proposal was made in response to the strong requests of the delegates on setting up the national assembly, which had not been touched upon in the Bonn Agreement.

Karzai noted in his speech that some 10 commissions, including commissions for national defence, anti-corruption, judicial and human rights, would be established in the transitional government to meet the urgent needs the interim administration had been facing in the past six months.

In previous sessions, some delegates called upon the transitional government to fight relentlessly against corruption and to disarm the powerful warlords by building up a new national army.

Analysts pointed out that the commissions would be set up to meet the cry for power among different parties.

The newly elected leader also mentioned that he would simplify the administrative structure to improve the efficiency in the new government.

Karzai's advisor Ashraf Ghani explained at the press conferencethat the total number of the ministries would be reduced from the current 29 to around 20 in the transitional government.

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