The Independent Disabled and Martyrs Support Authority has been promoted to the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled in compliance with a presidential decree, the Wolesi Jirga told on Monday.
Mohammad Halim Ali Yar, deputy head of the Judicial Commission of Wolesi Jirga, said the government issued a legislative decree promoting the Department of Martyrs and Disabled in the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs to an independent authority.
Yar said two months later, the president issued another presidential decree, promoting the independent authority to the State Ministry for Martyrs and Disabled.
He said both decrees were discussed in the Judicial Commission and majority of the members wanted to reject them
However, later a joint meeting of both the houses was organized and it was decided that this authority should be promoted to a ministry not a state ministry because state ministers and heads of the independent organs were not answerable to the lower house.
Ali Yar said all of members agreed on this decision and asked the speaker to mention the matter in the house for voting.
Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani said on the basis of lawmakers’ decisions, the Minister of Martyrs and Disabled should be referred to the house for a trust vote.
