Abdul Latif Pedram, leader of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan, said that in a centralized system, the formation of a mono-ethnic government would keep the country in constant crisis.
Speaking today (Saturday, November 29) at the second meeting of the “Assembly of Afghanistan Federalists” in Germany, he stated that federalism is inherently “pluralistic” and serves the interests of all political, linguistic, and ethnic groups.
According to Pedram, a federal system allows different political currents to govern different states. He noted that, for example, one state could implement a social-democratic system while another could adopt a Marxist-based model.
Pedram added that Afghanistan faces deep disagreements over several key national symbols, including the flag, currency, and identity. He said the political identity of “Afghan” has been “imposed” on the people and does not stem from their lived historical experience.
The former member of Afghanistan’s parliament also said that universities in the country “do not produce even a needle’s worth of knowledge.” He added: “Afghanistan has no great mathematician, economist, politician, poet, thinker, or painter.”
According to him, Afghanistan’s education system is so weak that its curriculum dates back roughly 50 to 60 years.
