KABUL - 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.
Talking on the issue, Farooq Majroh, an MP, said: "MPs used to vote based on ethnicity and political relations, but now the only measure for them is spending the budget by the ministers that are summoned to the house."
Meanwhile, addressing an event on Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani said a number of last year's projects were not ready to be implemented; therefore, the development budget of some ministries was not spent as expected.
Ghani stressed the need to put pressure on ministries, but said a change in the cabinet at the same time when the U.S begins its new government will be dangerous for the country.
"Time matters a lot, especially after the election and the new government in the United States. We should bring fundamental changes in the upcoming two months as everyone wants it. But the price for the change in cabinet is huge at this time," he said.
Over the past two days, MPs dismissed Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani; Minister of Public Works Mahmoud Baligh; Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled Nasreen Oryakhil; Education Minister Asadullah Hanif Balkhi and the minister of transport and civil aviation, Mohammadullah Batash.(Tolonews)