Just hours after being elected as first deputy speaker of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga (lower house of parliament) Humayoun Humayoun on Sunday warned government against meddling in parliamentary affairs. 

Humayoun and Nazeer Ahmad Ahmadzai were the two nominees. 

This comes just days after Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani officially opened parliament’s 8th working year after MPs broke for a 45 day winter recess. 

“The entire government mechanism was mobilized against me and the honorable lawmakers are fully aware of that; it is shameful for you (government) that a single person defeats you,” said Humayoun after securing the votes.

But the Presidential Palace rejected the claims. 

In this episode of Mehwar host Jamal Nasir Farahmand discusses the topic with Asifa Shadab a parliament member.