Ayatollah Sa’idi said, “The Guardian Council must be determined to prevent the penetration of those who have moral and political problems and provide the means to prevent the influence and infiltration of the enemies.” RNA – In his Friday prayer sermon delivered to a large and fervent crowd of believers at Qom’s Qods Prayer Hall, Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Sa’idi referred to the sedition over the increased price of gasoline in Iran and said, “In the recent sedition, one of the cities where the enemies conspiracy didn’t have an effect was Qom. The people of Qom shine over history and must act and know that they are subject to the salutations of the Infallible Imams to the people of Qom.”
The custodian of the Holy Shrine of Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah referred to Student Day and noted, “This day is reminiscent of the sacred shouting and anger of the students against the tyrannical and criminal United States. On December 7, 1953, the Shah’s police executed three students [of the University of Tehran] to welcome their masters [resumption of Iran’s relations with the UK and US President Richard Nixon’s visit to Iran]. From this date, Iranian students have honoured December 7th and protest against the oppression of the arrogant powers by shouting ‘Down with America.’”
He pointed to the forthcoming February 21, 2020 legislative election and said, “The Islamic Consultative Assembly must, in the remaining period, act in accordance with the general electoral policy as expressed by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] in order to act in a comprehensive manner that provides the means to prevent financial, moral and political corruption and the influence of the enemies.”
Ayatollah Sa’idi said that the proper basis for the formation of a revolutionary and professional Islamic Consultative Assembly which is motivated to fight against corruption and is in line with the demands of the Iranian people must be provided and said, “The Guardian Council is urged to prohibit the infiltration of economically- and politically-motivated individuals, as well as those with ethical problems and those who are laying the grounds for the infiltration of the enemies, in a firm manner which is in accordance with the law.”
The representative of the Supreme Leader in Qom added that the people are expecting the Guardian Council to disqualify those who have recently acted and have taken positions which benefit the arrogant powers of the world, the enemies of the Islamic Revolution and those who are in favour of the disgraced seditionists.
He stressed, “Such individuals must not be allowed to take a position where people like the martyr Ayatollah Sayyed Hasan Modarres performed his divine duty. Individuals who create grief for the ummah and nation instead of creating grief for the enemies and the seditionists, must not be found in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.”
Ayatollah Sa’idi continued, “Those who are willing to sign shameful treaties, pacts, bills and documents which benefit of the enemies and are against the people must not enter the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The Guardian Council has demonstrated that it doesn’t engage in courtesies with anyone in regard to the law and divine duty and that the people have always supported and will always support the deliberate, decisive, and revolutionary actions of the Guardian Council to safeguard governmental institutions.”
Ayatollah Sa’idi said that the Guardian Council is satisfied with the minimum qualifications and said, “The most qualified individuals are academically-, ethically-, insightfully-, politically- and service-minded and follow the discourse of wilayah (guardianship) with the people themselves. Just as the electees have a responsibility, the voters must have religious authority and therefore, the voters must be discerning and refer to trustworthy individuals because their choice will affect the fate of the country.”
His Eminence added, “The election officials must know that voting is the right of the people and for this reason, the executive and supervisory bodies must be entrusted with the right of the people.”
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