Hajji Hajji ( ar, الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it ...

Alam Gul Kuchi is an

Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

politician, the parliamentary representative of the

Kuchi Kochis or Kuchis (Pashto: کوچۍ Kuchis) are pastoral nomads belonging primarily to the Ghilji Pashtuns. In the southern, western and northern regions of Afghanistan they are also referred to at times as maldar (Pashto: مالدار maldar, ...

nomads A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...

in the

Wolesi Jirga The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga ( ps, دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside the upper Hous ...

Parliamentary dispute in 2008

In the 9th of April 2008 session of the

Afghan parliament The Leadership Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, also translated as the Supreme Council, () (also referred to as the Inner Shura) is the central governing body of the Taliban and Afghanistan. The Taliban uses a consensus decision-maki ...

, dozens of representatives left the chamber in protest against remarks made by Haji Alam Gul Kuchi. The incident occurred over disagreements on a draft version of Afghanistan's electoral law. Specifically, the draft included an item that allows for the Kuchi nomads to have the right to vote in any constituency all over the country, while the rest of the population can only vote in their respective provincial constituencies. The item in question was protested to be against article 22 of Afghan constitution which says no ethnic group could have any advantage over the other. Following the protest of non-Pashtuns and non-Kuchi representatives against the particular item in the draft electoral law, the Kuchi representative Haji Alam Gul sparked a standoff when he said that ''"Kuchis are the real people/inhabitants of Afghanistan, other groups ajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, etcare all immigrants."'' He later added that there's nothing wrong with his statement because ''"that's true that we ochis, and Pashtuns?are the majority and we are the heirs of this land."''

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