KABUL - The Afghan House of Representatives on Wednesday said that next year's budget will not be approved until the remaining cabinet members and Supreme Court officials are not introduced to the House to get vote of confidence.
Some of the MPs believe that if the budget is approved, 'incompetent ministers' will not be able to spend it.

The MPs once again called on the government to introduce the remaining cabinet members and accused the government of violation of the law.
The acting ministers are now working for years without winning votes of confidence from the parliament.

Currently, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Transport and Aviations, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Power and Water, Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Urban Development are being managed by acting ministers.

"We will not approve the budget until the government does not introduce remaining cabinet members, New Supreme Court Director and Attorney General," First Deputy Speaker of the parliament, Abdul Zaher Qadir, said. "What will be the benefit of approving the budget. Corruption will continue to exist and money will be misused."

A representative of Badakhshan province in the Parliament, Abdul Ahad Afzali said he considered it a big sin to work with what he described as an illegal government.
"We will delay the budget approval until the new cabinet members are introduced," he said.

Meanwhile, some MPs cited to summon the ministers who were unable to spend less than 40 percent of their development budgets.

"When we raise the green card, we aim to summon the ministers who were unable to spend less than 40 percent of the budgets," a representative of Badakhshan in the parliament, Fauzia Kofi said. "If they fail to convince the MPs, they should be disqualified."

The next year's proposed budget was sent to the parliament three days ago and it is currently being evaluated by the MPs.