IRNA
Members of the parliament said on Sunday that the Guardian Council has violated their rights. A lawmaker from Abadan Mohammad Rashidian said that the body comprises of six lawyers and six jurisprudents who are expected not to make mistakes or tell lie. Rashidian said that the Constitution has only empowered them to supervise the election and if it had the right to disqualify the candidates, the Constitution would have noted such a right. "Unfortunately, the Guardian Council has made its own interpretation of the Constitution driving the community to a situation in which we encounter wide scale disqualification of parliamentary candidates," he said. "The artistry of the late Imam was that he brought into the scene people from all walks of life, but, to the contrary, the dignitaries are driving the people out of scene," Rashidian said.
| If you set up a body from which there's no appeal, you've set up a dictatorship... |
Hassan Sobhani, an MP from Damghan, regretted that such a situation has occurred and said that the article 95 of the bylaw of the parliamentary sessions does not authorize mass resignation. The number of the MPs resigning is high to an extent that the parliament has come to the minimum required for a quorum to hold formal session.
| Like I say, they've got a crisis going. If they really want change, they can push this one. Students in the streets can be beaten up by gunnies and thugs. How do you force an MP to un-resign? How do you force him to govern? What if they gave an election and nobody came? |
An MP from Savojbolagh Jaafar Golbaz said that the parliament is the essence of the public aspiration whose strength should be respected and safeguarded. "The Guardian Council has provided a filtration in the name of Islam upon which they disqualify one-third of the sitting MPs. They want to set up a subordinate parliament. The Presiding Board is required to defend the strength of the parliament," Golbaz said.
| But the parallel machinery of day-to-day government hasn't been set up... |
Representative from Kazeroun Mohammad Baqer Baqeri-Nejadian Fard said that no one has the right to violate the legitimate rights of the people in the name of independence and territorial integrity. "In light of the current situation, holding a competitive and fair election is impossible for the time being. I call for postponement of the election," he said. 
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