(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report
KABUL: The Independent Directorate of Local Government
(IDLG) on Sunday called a halt to new appointments in the governmental
organizations until the end of the upcoming presidential polls.
The IDLG in a statement said recruitments of senior- or
lower-level employees in the capital, provinces and municipalities have been
suspended.
However, those individuals who have been shortlisted for
specific slots in the government departments are described as an exception by
the IDLG.
According to the statement, the governmental institutions hold
the authority to hire and fire staffers in cases of corruption, fraud, and
security issues.
This comes in the wake of President Ashraf Ghani receiving severe
criticism by some of the presidential hopefuls over fresh appointments in
high-level government's positions.
The presidential candidates have consistently accused Ghani
of pre-designing and engineering the forthcoming presidential polls through these
new appointments; however, the Presidential Palace has denied the allegations.
IDLG put ban on appointments as recently Shahrzad Akbar has
been appointed as new head to Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights
Commission, replacing Sima Samar, who served and advocated for Afghans rights
for nearly 19 years.
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