Hujjat al-Islam Babaeian said that the representative in the parliament who is aligned with the Islamic Revolution must not be dependent on the centres of power and wealth and said, “Such a person cannot respond to the demands of the ordinary and deprived people.” RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency in Sari, Hujjat al-Islam Abbas Babaeian, a teacher in the Islamic Seminaries of Mazandaran, referred to the upcoming eleventh term of Iran’s parliament, the Islamic Consultative Parliament, and said that the people’s participation in the elections guarantees the vitality and health of the movement of the people and the strength of the Islamic system and government.”
The next legislative election in Iran is scheduled for February 21, 2020.
His Eminence described the people’s participation in the elections as a manifestation of the realization of the rights, authority and ability of the people and that the elections are a symbolization of national solidarity against the enemies and added, “The presence of the people in the elections demonstrates the popularity of the system and its reliance on the votes of the people.”
He emphasized that in the true sense of the word “parliament” must be the “home” of the nation, not the private space of governments and said, “Today we need a jihadi, pragmatic and programmatic parliament backed by the people.”
Hujjat al-Islam Babaeian stated that the only way to achieve a strong and powerful government is to form a powerful and revolutionary parliament and said, “If such a parliament comes to power, we can fulfill the demands of the people through the governments.”
The scholar stressed that we need a strong parliament today to be able to control governments easily and added, “A marginal parliament cannot address the demands of the people.”
In another part of his speech, he referred to the characteristics of a representative in the parliament who is aligned with the Islamic Revolution and stated that such a representative must have political vision and insight, “The representative of the Islamic Revolution must be a servant of the people and be simple and strictly avoid aristocracy.”
Hujjat al-Islam Babaeian emphasized that a representative who is aligned with the Islamic Revolution must be sympathetic to the people, especially the disadvantaged classes of society and said, “A representative in the parliament who isn’t informed of the lower classes of society doesn’t have the status of representing the people in the Islamic system.”
He said that a representative who is aligned with the Islamic Revolution must not be dependent on the centres of power and wealth and said, “Such a representative cannot respond to the demands of the ordinary and deprived people.”
Hujjat al-Islam Babaeian emphasized that the a representative who is aligned with the Islamic Revolution must act with force in the fight against corruption and economic rent in the country and said, “The situation in the country today is such that a strong and revolutionary parliament and government is needed to meet the rightful demands of the people.”
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