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Wed, 10/20/2010 - 14:01
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Police chief denies writing to president on subsidy plan
TEHRAN, Oct. 20(MNA) – Police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam denied that he has written a letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warning about the repercussions of implementing the subsidy reform plan.
The initial stage of reforming the current subsidy system began on Tuesday by paying cash subsidies to people in the three provinces of North Khorasan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi. The administration has decided to pay cash subsidies to compensate low-income families for the inflationary repercussions of the plan before eliminating subsidies on fuel, energy and certain goods.
Ahmadi-Moqaddam said, “Police will back the administration during the (process of) implementing the subsidy reform plan.”
“Last week we had a meeting with the president about the subsidy reform plan and were briefed about our duties,” he stated.
Ahmadi-Moqaddam also said police is concerned about the fallout of the subsidy reform plan.
“Police is worried that following the implementation of the plan, the incidents (protests) which occurred after the gasoline rationing happen (again),” he explained.
The initial stage of reforming the current subsidy system began on Tuesday by paying cash subsidies to people in the three provinces of North Khorasan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi. The administration has decided to pay cash subsidies to compensate low-income families for the inflationary repercussions of the plan before eliminating subsidies on fuel, energy and certain goods.
Ahmadi-Moqaddam said, “Police will back the administration during the (process of) implementing the subsidy reform plan.”
“Last week we had a meeting with the president about the subsidy reform plan and were briefed about our duties,” he stated.
Ahmadi-Moqaddam also said police is concerned about the fallout of the subsidy reform plan.
“Police is worried that following the implementation of the plan, the incidents (protests) which occurred after the gasoline rationing happen (again),” he explained.
