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Provincial Councils’ Oversight Authorization Approved

Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Kabul (BNA) Chaired by Second Vice President, Sarwar Danesh, the 9th session of laws committee was held and draft law for organizing of government officials’ salaries was discussed and reviewed.
In the committee’s previous session, MoJ, MoF, MoE and Independent Commission of Administrative Reforms and Civil Services have been tasked to specify government officials’ salaries and review salaries of officials written in draft law for organizing of government salaries and report to the law committee.
Acting minister of justice reported to the committee related to works of organs tasked for reviewing government officials’ salaries written in the draft law. As a result of discussion made in the committee’s session, government officials’ salaries written in the draft law were specified and the draft law was approved.
The draft law has been allocated for salaries of those government officials whose privileges have not been predicted in the country’s constitution. In the session, provincial councils’ oversight authorization was also discussed and reviewed. Members of the committee unanimously approved oversight authorization of provincial councils and decided that the issue would be soon included in government cabinet’s agenda and after approval by the cabinet, provincial councils law encompassing oversight authorization right of provincial councils would be endorsed in legislative decree of the president.
According to another report, second vice president met with members of the country’s provincial councils.

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