Ahmadinejad to appear before parliament March 14

TEHRAN, March 7 (MNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will appear before the parliament to answer the questions on March 14, Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar announced on Wednesday. The decision to summon president to Majlis was made on February 7 after MPs were not convinced by the answers provided by the president’s representatives at a meeting held to discuss the reasons behind irregularities by the administration. The president is expected to answer questions about the administration’s failure to fully disburse the funds allocated for the Tehran Metro, the failure to meet economic growth target of 8 percent set for the Iranian calendar year of 1389 (ended on March 20, 2011), poor implementation of the subsidy reform plan, the president’s alleged resistance to accept the Supreme Leader’s decree to reinstate the intelligence minister, president’s remarks about the status of the Majlis, the failure to implement the law to establish the Sports and Youth Ministry and nominate the minister at the appointed time, the dismissal of the former foreign minister while on a diplomatic mission in Senegal, the administration’s poor performance in regard to cultural plans, and the president’s support for the promotion of the Iranian school of thought instead of the Islamic school of thought and his support for the deviant current.