Azerbaijan, Baku, August 26 / Trend , T.Konyaeva /
Presenting a new Cabinet of Ministers to the consideration of the Parliament, Ahmadinejad put commitments of all candidates on one scale, but on the other, the lack of experience and qualifications of new ministers, a well-known Russian political scientist and orientalist said.
"From the point of view of the Iranian President, the strength of the new Cabinet can be only that the whole new team is "his" people with extensive experience in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and they will be faithful to him," Professor Yevgeni Satanovsky, President of the Middle East Institute, told Trend via e-mail.
On the other hand, from the point of view of the Parliament, this fact is the weak side of the government, taking into consideration that many of the ministers have no experience in the posts that they must take.
Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad submitted to Parliament a list of the new government, consisting of 21 ministers who must be approved by the legislators. Amongst the nominations to the ministerial posts there is an unprecedented number of young people, as previously Ahmadinejad stated.
According to the Iranian MP, the new youth ministers, along with their ability to work effectively, are regarded as a positive quality of the new government.
"Amongst the positive qualities of the new Cabinet, it is necessary to note its youth, as well as the ability to work effectively, Esmaeil Kosari, vice-president of the parliamentary commission for Iran's security, told Trend by telephone. - Over the past four years, the President gained experience with all ministries and authorities, and he knows who has potential".
Kosari added that in general, the Parliament reached a certain agreement on approving the Cabinet proposed by Ahmadinejad and on a five-point system, the new Cabinet can be evaluated on a firm "Quartet".
However, PressTV reported that earlier hard discussions took place in the Parliament over the list submitted by the President, the initiator of which was the speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani. He called on Ahmadinejad to appoint experienced ministers, saying that "the ministry is not a place for training".
Larijani's opinion was supported by the vice-speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar, opposing against the personnel policy of the President and calling to elect qualified ministers.
"We do not oppose Ahmadinejad's proposals on the establishment of a young cabinet. Nevertheless, the ministry is not a place for training of individuals," said Bahonar.
With regards to the candidatures of future ministers, last week Bahonar warned that several proposed candidatures will be rejected by the Parliament, Press TV reported.
"I and my colleagues believe that five of the nominees proposed by President Ahmadinejad will not gain a sufficient number of votes in the Parliament," he added.
According to Satanovsky and other experts of the Middle East Institute, amongst the candidates mentioned, the main problems arise for the current minister of commerce Massoud Mirkazemi, recommended for the post of oil minister, Mohammad Aliabadi - proposed for the post of minister of energy (former head of the Committee for Physical Training), Heydar Moslehi - proposed for the post of minister of information (a religious figure, the representative of Imam Khomeini in Revolutionary Guard on the front of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980) and former interior minister Sadek Mahsuli, who is now applying for the post of first vice-president.
However, Kosari thinks that only two or three candidates will not pass through the parliamentary debate, and will not gain the required number of votes, although until the last minute it is impossible to predict the number of approved candidates. He said that in general the parliamentary representatives positively assess the new cabinet.
T.Jafarov contributed to the article
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