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Iranian Parliament, govt. form committee to settle dispute over subsidy reform plan
TEHRAN, Apr. 7 (MNA) – Majlis and administration have formed a joint committee to find the root of the disagreement between parliament and administration over the amount of revenues from subsidy cuts.
The committee aims to find a solution to resolve the issue, MP Gholam-Reza Mesbahi-Moqaddam, head of the special parliamentary committee tasked to study the economic reform plan, told the Mehr News Agency.
The subsidy reform plan, which has been a source of contention between the executive and legislative branches of the government, was passed just before the start of the Persian New Year which started March 21. The parliamentary approval has been endorsed by the Guardian Council.
The administration’s officials believe they cannot compensate low-income families for the inflationary effects of the reform plan unless parliament doubles revenues from the subsidy elimination savings from $20 billion to $40 billion.
According to the parliamentary approval the subsidy reform plan must be carried out within five years. A majority of lawmakers say increasing revenues from subsidy cuts will lead to high price rises. They say it should be done step by step.
A number of MPs have reacted angrily to the government’s refusal to implement the subsidy reform law.
Outspoken MP Ali Motahhari called on the administration to implement the law.
“When the president says he will not implement the law, which has been passed legally, it means nothing but despotism,” Motahhari told reporters on Tuesday.
The administration should implement the law and if in the process of implementing the plan a major pitfall happens, the administration can propose another bill to revise the plan, he commented.
It is not right that the administration tries to force MPs to change their views about an approval, he added.
Implementation of the law can not be halted
Elyas Naderan, a member of the Majlis Economic Committee, has said that the implementation of the subsidy reform plan can not be stopped.
“It is clear that the implementation of the law can not be stopped, but if the administration believes that there are some problems in the approved law, the law can be amended,” he told the MNA.
The committee aims to find a solution to resolve the issue, MP Gholam-Reza Mesbahi-Moqaddam, head of the special parliamentary committee tasked to study the economic reform plan, told the Mehr News Agency.
The subsidy reform plan, which has been a source of contention between the executive and legislative branches of the government, was passed just before the start of the Persian New Year which started March 21. The parliamentary approval has been endorsed by the Guardian Council.
The administration’s officials believe they cannot compensate low-income families for the inflationary effects of the reform plan unless parliament doubles revenues from the subsidy elimination savings from $20 billion to $40 billion.
According to the parliamentary approval the subsidy reform plan must be carried out within five years. A majority of lawmakers say increasing revenues from subsidy cuts will lead to high price rises. They say it should be done step by step.
A number of MPs have reacted angrily to the government’s refusal to implement the subsidy reform law.
Outspoken MP Ali Motahhari called on the administration to implement the law.
“When the president says he will not implement the law, which has been passed legally, it means nothing but despotism,” Motahhari told reporters on Tuesday.
The administration should implement the law and if in the process of implementing the plan a major pitfall happens, the administration can propose another bill to revise the plan, he commented.
It is not right that the administration tries to force MPs to change their views about an approval, he added.
Implementation of the law can not be halted
Elyas Naderan, a member of the Majlis Economic Committee, has said that the implementation of the subsidy reform plan can not be stopped.
“It is clear that the implementation of the law can not be stopped, but if the administration believes that there are some problems in the approved law, the law can be amended,” he told the MNA.
