Saturday, August 22, 2009

AHMADINEJAD'S COUNIL OF MINISTERS


Mr.Ahmadinejad, the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran has named his council of ministers. Out of the 21 persons nominated 11 are new to their job. They do not have any previous experience in the government. He has also named three women to be inducted as ministers. If he succeeds they will be the first women cabinet ministers in Iran since the Revolution.
According to the Iranian constitution the president is to nominate his ministers within two weeks of assumption of office. Ahmadinejad began his second term in the office of the President on 5 August 2009, ignoring allegations by the opposition, of malpractices in the national election.
However, some of his party men have come out in the open against many of the candidates. Ali Larijani, the speaker of the parliament has warned him that the law makers may object to many of his nominees. The Deputy speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar has also warned the president that he cannot get the law makers to support some of his nominees as they are wet behind the ears. Ahmadinejad had faced difficulties in choosing his cabinet ministers 2005 also.
The three women nominated would hold, if the law makers supported them, the ministries of Health, Education and Welfare.
Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, the woman he wants to be the Health minister is a Gynecologist. At present she is a member of the Medical Ethical Boards Committee at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Fatemeh Ajorlou, is the president’s nominee for the Welfare ministry. She is a member of the Parliament.
The president has not changed his Foreign Minister. He wants the incumbent Manouchehr Mottaki to continue. He is a strong supporter of Ahmadinejad. He is likely to continue his anti American policy, something that made the president popular among the people.
All the same one has to wait and watch how many of his nominees are going make it. The pro government Principlists has criticized the president for not consulting the Parliament before nominating the persons he wants to be in his cabinet.
Ahmadinejad had been criticized for keeping inexperienced ministers during his first reign also.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Jannati, head of the Guardian Council, said that the opposition leaders and their followers should be arrested for conspiring to overthrow the elected government of Ahmadinejad. He is reported to have said, “Everyone knows that they are the origin of the plot and corruption, but they are linked with some powerful people”.

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