Up there too long---mullahs fret
Posted on 12/03/2006 8:31:42 PM PST by BigFinn
Vast majority of Iranian lawmakers vote to move up presidential elections by 18 months, final say on matter up to Ahmadinejad's arch-rival.
Will Ahmadinejad's term be cut short? The Iranian parliament voted on Sunday to unite the presidential elections with the upcoming parliamentary ones, this according to the official Iranian news agency.
The proposal, which passed with a surprising 80 percent majority, may cut the term of sitting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by 18 months.
The bill must still be ratified by the Iranian constitutional committee, which is headed by former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad's arch-rival, a fact which many see as indicative that the bill will indeed be authorized.
Rafsanjani himself is considered one of the most powerful politicians in Iran and is currently running for a position in the Assembly of Experts, an 86-strong body of ayatollahs who monitor the Iranian Supreme Leader (a position currently held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei). The Assembly has the power to dismiss the Supreme Leader. Already existing tensions have heightened between Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani as the latter is pitted directly against Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor Masbah Yazdi who is also vying for a spot on the Assembly of Experts.
One of the reasons cited in the proposal for bringing the two elections together is cutting the costs brought on by a double election. Opponents to the bill claimed that cutting the president's term is unconstitutional and that parliament's term should be extended to meet the original date for the presidential election.
mmmmmmm,,,,,Interesting,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Yep,,,,"DER FUHRER" Will Have Them ALL Shot,!!!...
Well, surprise, surprise!
Keep praying folks for the meltdown of Iran. If they are fighting within, they can't be fighting out. Admadinejad is just a figurehead anyway. The real power rests with the Ayatollahs. Funny how they elect a guy to be Supreme Leader and then watch his every move. Not much trust there. Maybe this is a great time for an uprising by the pro-Democracy people. Take a few Ayatollahs to the soccer stadium along with their puppet.
Wonder what Admadinejad will put on his application at the unemployment department? Or what his next post will be?
Not if the Ayatollahs don't let him. He is just a figurehead anyway. It is the Ayatollahs that weild the power.
President of Berkeley.
The mullahs couldn't cut him any shorter so they cut his term.
Yeah...that makes sense...in bizarro land.
well said and accurate
Interesting timing - perhaps some of Iran's Muslim neighbors had a chat
Maybe they'll reap what they're sowing in Iraq and harvest a civil war in Iran. Only half the Iranians are ethnically Iranian. I'd prefer peace and democracy, but if that's not possible, my next preference would be the Iranians self-flagellating themselves into the ditch. Beats Mahmoud pitching A-bombs.
Can you give the people without 20 minutes to wait the PUNCHLINE?
I'd prefer we shorten his life span to about one more week.
LOL! That's hilarious!
He's not hard-line enough... He's spending too much time cozying up to liberal western media.
Does Iran have 100% voter turnout as Iraq did under Hussein's reign?
Ping
I hope his next 'post' will have his head securely fashioned to it.
LOOKY...
Nope, but all candidates have to get approval by the Mullahs to get on the ballot. The only form of protest left is refusing to vote & those who don't vote find their jobs or acceptance to school at risk.
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