MPs Criticize Govt s Development Office for Ignoring Parliament
Lawmakers in the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament, on Thursday blasted the Operation and Support Office of the President for National Development for not providing information regarding its budget and financial transactions to the lawmakers in the parliament.
The proposed budgetary allocation for the office is 13 billion Afs.
MPs said that the OSOPND was seen giving the development projects to certain companies without undertaking a proper bidding process. But OSOPND responded that it is ready to answer the MPs.
“The projects that are carried out by the Operation and Support Office of the President for National Development are mostly carried out from a single source and other companies are not allowed to participate,” said Irfanullah Irfan, an MP.