House of the People

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The House of the People or Wolesi Jirga (Pashto: ولسي جرګه) is the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the House of Elders.

The House of the People is the chamber that bears the greater burden of law making in the country, as with the House of Commons in the Westminster model. It consists of 249 delegates directly elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV).[1] Members are elected by district and serve for five years. At least 64 delegates (two from each province) must be women; they are appointed by the president. Kuchi nomads elect 10 representatives through a Single National Constituency.

The House of the People has the primary responsibility for making and ratifying laws and approving the actions of the president. The first elections in decades were held only in September 2005, four years after the fall of the Muslim fundamentalist Taliban regime, still under international (mainly UN and NATO) supervision.

Members of parliament

References

1. ^ Thomas H. Johnson (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country’s Troubled Past". V. Strategic Insights. http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 
2. ^ "Mohammad Younis Qanooni speaker of WJ meets Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Kabul". Government of Afghanistan. 2008-11-09. http://www.parliament.af/pve/showdoc.aspx?Id=483. Retrieved 2009-05-25. "Also in the other part of session Mirwis Yasini first deputy of WJ presented the reports of the yesterday meeting with the country’s president about negotiation with Afghan Taliban and residence areas bombards, the non Consonance of foreign forces attacks with government organs and the lack of perspicuous systems justice and criminals penalty." 
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11. ^ "'The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan': Malalai Joya Speaks Out Against the Warlord-Controlled Afghan Government & U.S. Military Presence". Democracy Now!. 2007-06-19. http://www.democracynow.org/2007/6/19/the_bravest_woman_in_afghanistan_malalai. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
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16. ^ Abdul Baseer Saeed (2005-10-29). "Winning Afghan candidates become warlords' targets". RAWA. http://www.rawa.org/election-target.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-04. "Malalai Shinwari, who came in first among Kabul's female candidates, said threats and intimidation have increased since her apparent victory. She blames the armed commanders who also appear to have won seats in the parliament with instigating the violence in their own political interests." 

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