(22 Jun 2002)
1. Wide shot loya jirga meeting
2. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"Regarding the formation of the transitional government, we first want to create a cabinet according to the actual need in Afghanistan which will be effective and cost-effective."
3. Cutaways
4. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"Afghanistan urgently needs a national army which the people can rely on. Now you can see the Minister of Defence is here, he should give you this confidence. We want an army that the people can trust and the army should have total control of the country, an army which indeed should protect our borders, an army in the service of defence of Afghanistan."
5. Wide shot meeting
6. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"Afghanistan should move towards a government of the people. The people should share in the decisions of the government and should be aware of what the government's doing. We say transparency, we mean clear and bright, we should make decisions in the open."
7. Cutaway
8. SOUNDBITE (Pashtu) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"I haven't had time to think about the formation of the cabinet and its members. I've had other things to do, give me time this evening to think about it. Tomorrow we'll meet and sit and talk. We were meant to do it today, but I had other things on, is that OK?"
9. Karzai walks off stage
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former president of Afghanistan and Tajik Islamic leader:
"I make a proposal to Mr Karzai regarding the formation of his cabinet. Mr Karzai should consult with the loya jirga on whatever formula he is working on. He should give precise consultation. The cabinet that he proposes should be sanctioned by the loya jirga and the loya jirga should be a hundred percent satisfied."
12. Exterior loya jirga members leaving
STORYLINE:
Moving to resolve one of Afghanistan's most contentious issues, newly elected President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he wanted to select the members of his own Cabinet, pledging it would be one that "meets the needs of the people".
He also called on the loya jirga, the Afghan grand council, to select from within its 1,600-strong membership a committee - one he said should name the commission that will in turn determine the form and membership of the country's legislature.
Karzai's comments came after the loya jirga spent two days unsuccessfully trying to pick a representative body for the nation.
He said the loya jirga's leadership did not realise it would be so difficult and time-consuming to fashion a new legislature and pick its members.
The loya jirga started a day late and was still running a day after its scheduled Sunday culmination.
Karzai, the leader of Afghanistan's interim government, was chosen to lead its 18-month transitional administration last week.
He said the grand council should name people to stay behind after it adjourns and choose a commission to establish the structure of the assembly.
The loya jirga adjourned until Tuesday morning, delaying the ending another day, and it was still unclear exactly when the council would wind up its work.
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