Lawmaker in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Wednesday said the growing tension between the Presidential Palace and Jamiat-e-Islami party will have serious repercussions for the country if the problem is not sorted out.
They said the continuation of such a rift will further add to the woes of the country and will only benefit the enemies.
On the issue of protests in Kabul, some MPs said that setting up tented sit-in camps in the city has led to major problems for the people. But some MPs voiced support for these protestors.
The opposing MPs said that the demands tabled by the protestors were not logical.
"Some tents (sit-in protests) have been set up by former ministers at the city's squares; I hope that they do not take the people of Afghanistan hostage," said MP Saleh Mohammad Saleh.
Following last week's suicide bombing at the funeral ceremony of a protestor in Kabul, Jamiat-e-Islami party accused certain elements within the system of having played a role in the attack, and called for the immediate dismissal of President Ashraf Ghani's national security advisor Mohammad Haneef Atmar, the head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Massoum Stanekzai, the acting minister of defense Tariq Shah Bahrami and the interior minister Taj Mohammad Jahid.
"You can see the Pakistani media, they are very happy about the situation here," said MP Nadir Khan Katawazai.
"The job of Haneef Atmar is only an advisory job, executive authorities are supposed to be carried out by others, how can he be fired from his job, he is a national personality," said MP Naqibullah.
But, some other MPs hit out over the remarks.
"Every lawmaker is allowed to speak out, but no one is allowed to be insulting, no citizen of Afghanistan is allowed to make insulting remarks," said MP Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi.
"There are some people in this hall of the national assembly who are supported from other places, those people who did not show mercy on the protestors and opened fire on protestors have their supporters in the national assembly," said MP Zaheer Sadat.
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