From IRNA EFL
Iran`s governors, in a letter addressed to the Interior Minister, announced "Keeping in mind the current conditions, it will not be possible to hold the 7th Majlis elections on February 20th, as previously scheduled."
| "So just forget the whole idea. We don't really need elections, anyway..." |
They have stressed in the letter, "Our comprehensive surveys across the country has led us to the joint conclusion that an acceptable national level competition among the parliamentary elections` hopefuls, in the course of which the nation`s rights would be respected in a free and fair election is impossible under the current conditions." The governors have referred to the year-long efforts made by the elections officials to increase the level of national participation in the elections, the result of which was reflected in the candidacy of a large number of hopefuls across the nation. "But the vast scale, illegal disqualification of the hopefuls, and those who are fully trusted in different provinces, by the representatives of the Guardians Council, that has been quite unprecedented in the history of the revolution... and has raised serious concerns regarding the national interests among those who care for the future of the Islamic Revolution and Iran."
Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi had this to say: "There is no crisis and the eventual problems are just tension typical of electoral days, which have always existed." The plot thickens. Stay tuned. |