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Former vice president Mohammad Younus Qanooni on Thursday said that the current centralized political system was not meeting the needs of the country as power has been monopolized within the presidential palace.
 
With the current system, power has been centralized to the presidential palace and it has increased Afghanistan’s political, military and social issues, said Qanooni while addressing a gathering in Kabul.
 
He suggested the current political system be changed into a mixed-system where a prime minister can tackle executive affairs.
 
The current political system must change before the next presidential elections, he suggested.
 
According to Qanooni, currently Afghanistan’s legal, judicial and electoral institutions, including the constitution oversight commission, do not have the required freedom.
 
“Confrontation between the legislative body and the presidential palace over the past fifteen years has taken roots from the same unhealthy system (centralized political system), you are aware that the judicial system does not have independence because of this system,” said Qanooni.
 
Qanooni said that certain forces meddled during the drafting process of the constitution.
 
“The current presidential system is not viable within Afghanistan’s political, social and religious contexts,” he said.
 
He said that not having a prime minister post in Afghanistan has always led to problems between the presidential palace and the national assembly.
 
“One faction of the national unity government shares only less than 20 percent of the power, but we still remain spectators while the other faction continues its struggle to centralize power,” said MP Fawzia Kofi.
 
Qanooni stated that the centralized system has also been a reason for corruption in Afghanistan.
 
Qanooni warned that Afghanistan would not achieve sustainable socioeconomic development and political stability unless the political and ethnic boundaries are defined.

Power has been centralized to the presidential palace and it has increased Afghanistan’s political, military and social issues, said the former vice president.

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Former vice president Mohammad Younus Qanooni on Thursday said that the current centralized political system was not meeting the needs of the country as power has been monopolized within the presidential palace.
 
With the current system, power has been centralized to the presidential palace and it has increased Afghanistan’s political, military and social issues, said Qanooni while addressing a gathering in Kabul.
 
He suggested the current political system be changed into a mixed-system where a prime minister can tackle executive affairs.
 
The current political system must change before the next presidential elections, he suggested.
 
According to Qanooni, currently Afghanistan’s legal, judicial and electoral institutions, including the constitution oversight commission, do not have the required freedom.
 
“Confrontation between the legislative body and the presidential palace over the past fifteen years has taken roots from the same unhealthy system (centralized political system), you are aware that the judicial system does not have independence because of this system,” said Qanooni.
 
Qanooni said that certain forces meddled during the drafting process of the constitution.
 
“The current presidential system is not viable within Afghanistan’s political, social and religious contexts,” he said.
 
He said that not having a prime minister post in Afghanistan has always led to problems between the presidential palace and the national assembly.
 
“One faction of the national unity government shares only less than 20 percent of the power, but we still remain spectators while the other faction continues its struggle to centralize power,” said MP Fawzia Kofi.
 
Qanooni stated that the centralized system has also been a reason for corruption in Afghanistan.
 
Qanooni warned that Afghanistan would not achieve sustainable socioeconomic development and political stability unless the political and ethnic boundaries are defined.

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