Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
A group of Iranian lawmakers have prepared a motion to impeach Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi.
Hosseinali Haji, an Iranian lawmaker, has said that the MPs will submit the motion to the parliament’s steering board Oct.16, Mehr news agency reported.
He added that sufficient number of lawmakers have endorsed the motion to be proposed at the parliament.
According to the report, the cases of impeachment include the minister’s failure to implement a bill passed by the Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution, forcing several professors and lecturers affiliated with conservatives to give up their jobs, publication of papers with secular content, and etc.
According to the law, the steering board of the parliament will have the duty to refer the impeachment motion to the related specialized committee.
The committee will have the duty to look into the cases of impeachment inviting the impeachers and the minister.
If at least ten of the signatories of the impeachment do not give up the raising, the impeachment will be presented in the parliament’s plenary session.