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According to article 83 of the constitution of Afghanistan, on 1st<\/sup> Saratan (June 21) the term of Parliament will terminate. It is written in the constitution: \u201cThe working period of the parliament shall terminate after the disclosure of the results of the elections, on the 1st<\/sup> of Saratan of the fifth year and the new parliament shall commence its term\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Up to now, the National Unity Government is not prepared for parliamentary elections. Last year, after electoral crisis, both sides of the NUG agreed that they will bring reforms in electoral system, after the cabinet was constituted.<\/span><\/p>\n The Memo of NUG says: \u201cTo make sure that the upcoming elections would be free and fair, the electoral system needs basics changes\u201d. It maintains: \u201cThe President shall, according to agreement, after formation of government, order a commission for reform on the mentioned issue, through an ordinance\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Cabinet of NUG was constituted lately; even until now the defense minister is not taken confidence vote from the parliament, that\u2019s why reformation of electoral system was delayed. Then President Ashraf Ghani selected Shokria Barakzai as head of special commission for electoral reforms, but Abdullah Abdullah was against it.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, the majority members of Parliament blame government for all this. They are trying to continue their period and say, in constitution \u201cAfter Election\u201d is mentioned. According to their interpretation, their term will be extended until new election is held.<\/span><\/p>\n The Frist violation of Constitution! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Normally, National Unity governments are established in countries, where both sides fought against each other for years, and constitution is delayed and no one can trust each other. In order to establish confidence, a government is being constituted on which all sides agree. In Afghanistan, the National unity government was made out of context. Here, establishment of National unity government was violation of constitution; because constitution has no chapter and no article on this.<\/span><\/p>\n When NUG was formed, no one cared about the constitution. Everyone was trying to break the impasse over the results of election. US secretary of state, John Kerry prioritized stalemate breaking, not the constitution. US government never respected Afghan Constitution. When in 2009, US government did an outlaw request to Hamid Karzai; he said it\u2019s against the constitution, and the American Secretary of State replied, \u2018burn the constitution!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n No one can legitimize this government of Afghanistan. Because, it is known that NUG is illegal. Even when the head of election commission announced the results of Presidential election, he did not clearly declare the winner and loser.<\/span><\/p>\n The Continuation of Legal Vacuum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From the very beginning, the NUG has violated the law and constitution. At that time, it was a great success to reach a consensus. But it created many problems. For instance, executive office was illegitimate. Its budget is also a legal problem.<\/span><\/p>\n If grieve disagreements have not been existed between the two factions of NUG, then cabinet might have been formed on time and, then, reforms of electoral system and Loya Jirga would have been summoned and the illegitimacy of NUG would have been easily removed. But, all this would have happened if it was on time. However, now, the parliament faces such a legitimacy problem that cannot have been created without the poor performance of the govt.<\/span><\/p>\n Why Parliamentary Elections are delayed?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n These are the basic reasons for the postponement of parliamentary elections:<\/span><\/p>\n Barriers to Parliamentary Elections <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The following points are the main obstacles to parliamentary elections:<\/span><\/p>\n The Challenge of Illegitimacy!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, the NUG has gradually committed illegal acts. Starting with the Saratan 1st<\/sup> (22 June) none of the three organs of the government would have legitimacy. First of all, chief executive office was formed illegally. Judicial organ is already governed by acting head. The only organ, which was according to law, was legislative organ. After 22 June, the legislative organ would be illegitimate.<\/span><\/p>\n Legislative organ cannot gain legitimacy from judiciary, because judiciary is headed by acting head.<\/span><\/p>\n Last week, a Member of Parliament has explicitly said that both president and Supreme Court do not have legitimacy.<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s how; systematically a series of violations of law were started. This series will continue, even after June 22. Apparently, NUG will be based on political agreement, let the lower house of Parliament continue illegally, so the only legal organ of the NUG will cease to be legitimate. On the other hand, it does not seem possible that elections will hold soon and the crisis of illegitimacy will be solved. If both factions of government do not endeavor to solve the problems, the crisis of illegitimacy will also affect NUG\u2019s legitimacy.<\/span><\/p>\n Conclusions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Although the predecessor government of NUG had many problems, but it didn\u2019t faced the crisis of legitimacy. Mostly, elections were holding on time and Member of Parliaments were granting legitimacy to the government. Despite the other problems, NUG faced the lack of legitimacy. All the three organs of government blame each other for the lack of legitimacy.<\/span><\/p>\n The ruling illegitimacy crisis had these conclusions:<\/span><\/p>\n The End<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to article 83 of the constitution of Afghanistan, on 1st Saratan (June 21) the term of Parliament will terminate. 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