KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has indicated that he will move to end the culture of caretakers as he intends to appoint an administrative reform council which will end acting positions in government departments.
"Administrative reforms high council will soon start its work. This council will start employing Afghan talented youth in governmental institutions. National unity government decided to end acting positions soon," Sayed Murtazawi, deputy presidential spokesman said.
Analysts say that this situation has prevented the improvement in most sectors in the country and if it continues, Afghan people will suffer more and more.
According to the national unity government agreement, both leaders need to agree on appointing key persons in governmental institutions.
Leaders' disagreements resulted in the continuation of acting positions and in most governmental institution dozens of posts are filled with acting staff.
Ministry of Urban Development is one of the departments that has the most acting positions.
In addition the directorate of Kabul urban planning development, directorate of policy and plan, directorate of finance, directorate of internal audit, directorate of human resources, directorate of procurement, and directorate of information and public relation duties are carryied out by acting directors.
Along with other institutions, ministry of higher education also has a big number of acting staff. In this ministry, the office of the minister, directorate of plan and policy, directorate of quality assurance, directorate of Kankor, directorate of higher education abroad, directorate of
"We had seen national, linguistic, tribal, and religious oppression, but we had not seen team oppression which we have now seen in the national unity government. In this system, anyone who wants to work in the government institutions, even in managerial levels, need to be linked to one of the teams."
In addition to Kabul, we can see the same situation in the provinces. For instance, Kunduz was the first province for which government appointed a governor. After falling to Taliban, Kunduz needed good management to return to its previous situation. However, its key directorates such as national security, education, urban development, and women affairs are still directed by acting directors. In addition to this, Dashte Archi district, Qalai Zal police headquarter and Khan Abad police headquarter is managed by acting commanders.
Khalidudin Hakimi, a member of Kunduz provincial council said: "All governmental departments are conducted by acting managers."
Safiullah, another member of Kunduz provincial council said: "The reason for these acting positions in provinces and districts is security uncertainty."
As the national unity government reached its two year mark, political analysts say that internal disagreements and not considering key issues by government leaders, will add to current problems and this will affect the political administration in the future.(Tolonews)