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MP says subsidy reform plan is not transparent
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) - MP Qolamreza Mesbahi-Moqaddam of the Majlis Economic Committee criticized the administration for lack of transparency about the details of the subsidy reform plan.
“We advise the administration to clarify ambiguities before taking any step. The administration can’t push the plan ahead while there are ambiguities about the way the plan is to be implemented,” Mesbahi-Moqaddam told on Wednesday.
If people’s ambiguities about the plan are not resolved, it is possible that they don’t cooperate with the administration resulting in the failure of the plan, he said.
He went on to say that the administration’s procedures for liberalizing the prices of fuels and paying cash subsidies to people are not transparent.
Mesbahi-Moqaddam also announced that MPs sitting the Majlis special committee for the subsidy reform plan will meet with administration officials next week to discuss and resolve the vague points of the plan.
Subsidy reform plan envisages the elimination of the subsidies on fuel, energy, and certain goods over the course of five years. The administration has decided to pay cash subsidies for an undecided period of time to compensate low-income families for the inflationary repercussions of the plan.
Many experts and officials have criticized the administration for not fully informing people about the details of the plan and a delay in enforcing the plan.
Head of State Inspectorate Organization Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi on Tuesday criticized the administration for postponing the implementation of the plan and said even one day delay would impose heavy damages to the national economy.
According to the parliament’s decision, the subsidy reform plan was to go into force at the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year which started on March 21; however, the administration announced that it was not yet ready and said it would implement the plan in the second half of the calendar year which started on September 23.
On October 19, the administration paid cash subsidies into the people’s accounts in the provinces of North Khorasan, South Khorsan and Khorasan Razavi. The administration also announced that people in other provinces would receive cash payments within two weeks and then the prices of the subsidized goods would be revised. However, since October 19 no special development has taken place in this regard and the lack of information on the details of the plan has caused worries among the people.
“We advise the administration to clarify ambiguities before taking any step. The administration can’t push the plan ahead while there are ambiguities about the way the plan is to be implemented,” Mesbahi-Moqaddam told on Wednesday.
If people’s ambiguities about the plan are not resolved, it is possible that they don’t cooperate with the administration resulting in the failure of the plan, he said.
He went on to say that the administration’s procedures for liberalizing the prices of fuels and paying cash subsidies to people are not transparent.
Mesbahi-Moqaddam also announced that MPs sitting the Majlis special committee for the subsidy reform plan will meet with administration officials next week to discuss and resolve the vague points of the plan.
Subsidy reform plan envisages the elimination of the subsidies on fuel, energy, and certain goods over the course of five years. The administration has decided to pay cash subsidies for an undecided period of time to compensate low-income families for the inflationary repercussions of the plan.
Many experts and officials have criticized the administration for not fully informing people about the details of the plan and a delay in enforcing the plan.
Head of State Inspectorate Organization Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi on Tuesday criticized the administration for postponing the implementation of the plan and said even one day delay would impose heavy damages to the national economy.
According to the parliament’s decision, the subsidy reform plan was to go into force at the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year which started on March 21; however, the administration announced that it was not yet ready and said it would implement the plan in the second half of the calendar year which started on September 23.
On October 19, the administration paid cash subsidies into the people’s accounts in the provinces of North Khorasan, South Khorsan and Khorasan Razavi. The administration also announced that people in other provinces would receive cash payments within two weeks and then the prices of the subsidized goods would be revised. However, since October 19 no special development has taken place in this regard and the lack of information on the details of the plan has caused worries among the people.
