Wahid Omar, presidential adviser, on Wednesday said that the reasons given by parliament for rejecting the draft budget plan are not legitimate, stating that the government and the parliament should continue their discussions to finalize the budget plan.

However, lawmakers in Afghanistan’s parliament have threatened to approve the budget plan through the parliament’s own amendments if the government fails to address the demands of the parliament in the budget plan.

In this program, host Yaser Abrar discusses the topic with the following guests:

Sediq Ahmad Osmani, MP

Waqif Hakimi, MP 

Nazir Kabiri, Executive Director of the Biruni Institute.