15 November 2016

News Story: Parliament's Move To Dismiss Ministers Draws Mixed Reaction

by Mir Abed Joyenda

The move by MPs over the past two days to dismiss ministers has been met with mixed reaction in the country.

On Sunday, MPs gave a vote of no confidence to two ministers following Saturday's move against three ministers.

MPs decided last week to summon three ministers a day to report back on their development-budget spend.

This comes after it was reported recently that most ministries had not spent their development budget.

Some analysts have said this moves comes as a surprise as in the past ministers and candidates for top positions have usually secured votes of confidence by MPs based on them having strong affiliations to political parties.

"It means that government is playing with the people and with the MPs. This should not continue," said Sayed Ali Reza Mahmoudi, a political commentator.

"The thing that happened yesterday should not have happened. MPs should work based on the national interests and they should consider the political situation in the country," said Keramuddin Rezadaza, another analyst.

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