KABUL - Afghan lawmakers on Monday elected the second vice speaker of the lower house, but failed for a third day in a row to elect the vice speaker.

In Monday's polling for parliament's new administrative board, the vote for first vice speaker was between Abdul Hafiz Mansour and Obaidullah Klimzai. The process started about 9:00am and continued until 1:00pm, but neither candidate received sufficient votes.

Lawmaker Mansour received 69 confidence votes and Klimzai 105. Klimzai needed two more votes to win the first vice speaker position.

In Sunday's vote, the scales were tipped in the opposite direction: Mansour received 87 votes and Klimzai 62 votes.

However, the MPs approved Saleh Mohammad Saljoqi as the second vice speaker with 108 votes.

On Tuesday, the lawmakers will start again voting for the first vice speaker and also for the second deputy secretary.

Some of the MPs have accused the other lawmakers of not voting for a first vice speaker as a kind of delay tactic.

"There are some groups that they are thinking about their own benefit and don't want to elect the first vice speaker," MP Asadullah Sahadati told TOLOnews.

"The MPs should elect a person that can do a good job as the first vice speaker of the house and they shouldn't worry about it. Everyone can be nominated for the post," MP Abdul Jabar Qahraman said.

The lawmakers first vote was on Saturday after they reconvened following the winter break. (Tolo News)