KABUL - Lawmakers Tuesday elected Mirwais Yasini as first vice speaker of the lower house in their fourth vote after the previous three days of voting had failed to reach a majority.

Voting began for the fourth day in a row at around 09:00am and finished about 01:30pm with Mirwais Yasini receiving 129 votes to be first vice speaker and Sayed Ikram with 113 votes for secretary.

Obaidullah Klimzai who was also nominated for the post of the first vice speaker received only 75 votes.

Daoud Kalakani who was also nominated for the position of secretary received 88 votes.

"Finally after four days the lawmakers have elected those nominated for the post. I congratulate all of you [lawmakers] and I hope that they do a good job," Speaker of the House Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi said.

On Monday, the lawmakers elected Saleh Mohammad Saljoqi as the second vice speaker of the house.

Several lawmakers were nominated for posts on the parliament's administrative board, but most of them were rejected over the past three days.

The lawmakers first vote was held Saturday after parliament reconvened following the winter break.

Political parties have recently called for parliament to make the approval of the election law the top of its agenda.

The election law has been delayed because of disagreements between the parliament and senate on the nature of an independent election commission, specifically, whether or not two foreign observers can be part of the Electoral Complaints Commission. (Tolo News)