Ahmadinejad will be summoned to Iran's parliament

A list of questions from the Iranian parliament members was handed over to the Board of members of the parliament, Fars news reported quoting Parliamentary Vice-Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar.

On Oct. 31,2011 some 74 members of the Iranian Parliament signed a petition to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the parliament to respond to their questions. The petition was later approved.

Article 90 of the Iranian Constitution and the Parliament's Charter specify that signatures of a quarter of the MPs' total number (73) are needed to summon the country's executive chief to the parliament where he must adequately answer all questions.

So far, members of the Parliament have made four appeals, complaining of Ahmadinejad's abuse of power. The first appeal was based on the tardy introduction of a nominee for the sports and youth minister. The second appeal complains of the misuse of different state bodies.

The third appeal was made due to delay in following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's direction to reinstate Heydar Moslehi as the intelligence minister.

The forth appeal complains of Ahmadinejad's decision to reduce in number of ministries and to merge some of them without the Guardian Council's approval.


/Trend/