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President bound to obey law: Iran's MP
TEHRAN, June 1 (MNA) – Influential MP Mohammad-Reza Bahonar has said the president is bound to implement the parliament’s ratifications.
The remarks have been made in response to the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent critical remarks about some of the ratifications of the Majlis and Expediency Council.
“Observance of the law is considered as a basic principle in the modern societies,” Bahonar said.
The administration has frequently violated parliamentary ratifications and parliamentary committees have tried to resolve the issue and inform executive officials about their duties, but it seems that sometimes they breach the law on purpose, he stated.
“We don’t claim that the Majlis’ ratifications are flawless, because human being makes mistake, but there are legal mechanism to modify them,” he asserted.
After a law is passed in the Majlis, the Guardian Council determines whether it is consistent with the constitution and sharia (religious rules) and then the president must order implementation of the law, he explained.
According to the constitution, the Expediency Council is tasked with resolving any disagreement between the Majlis and Expediency Council, and the president can not decide in this regard and is not allowed to play down the status of the Expediency Council, he emphasized.
Bahonar went on to say that the observance of law and the constitution is a requirement for any person who takes a post in the Islamic Republic, and the president has sworn to obey the constitution.
Commenting on the president’s remarks about MPs’ questions from the ministers, Bahonar stated it is said that MPs take ministers’ time by their questions, but the president should know the ministers are obligated to answer MPs.
Bahonar, who was deputy Majlis speaker from 2004-2010, failed to be reelected as deputy speaker in the recent Majlis presiding board election as the pro-administration MPs withdrew their support from him.
The remarks have been made in response to the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent critical remarks about some of the ratifications of the Majlis and Expediency Council.
“Observance of the law is considered as a basic principle in the modern societies,” Bahonar said.
The administration has frequently violated parliamentary ratifications and parliamentary committees have tried to resolve the issue and inform executive officials about their duties, but it seems that sometimes they breach the law on purpose, he stated.
“We don’t claim that the Majlis’ ratifications are flawless, because human being makes mistake, but there are legal mechanism to modify them,” he asserted.
After a law is passed in the Majlis, the Guardian Council determines whether it is consistent with the constitution and sharia (religious rules) and then the president must order implementation of the law, he explained.
According to the constitution, the Expediency Council is tasked with resolving any disagreement between the Majlis and Expediency Council, and the president can not decide in this regard and is not allowed to play down the status of the Expediency Council, he emphasized.
Bahonar went on to say that the observance of law and the constitution is a requirement for any person who takes a post in the Islamic Republic, and the president has sworn to obey the constitution.
Commenting on the president’s remarks about MPs’ questions from the ministers, Bahonar stated it is said that MPs take ministers’ time by their questions, but the president should know the ministers are obligated to answer MPs.
Bahonar, who was deputy Majlis speaker from 2004-2010, failed to be reelected as deputy speaker in the recent Majlis presiding board election as the pro-administration MPs withdrew their support from him.
