Iranian reformist MP praises Guardian Council’s performance

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The spokesman of the reformist faction in parliament assessed the Guardian Council’s approach in investigating the qualifications of reformists for the next parliamentary election as positive. In investigating the eligibility of parliamentary candidates, the Guardian Council resolved many problems created for reformist candidates by the executive boards affiliated to the Interior Ministry, Dariush Qanbari told . In contrary to executive boards, which had dismissed the qualification of reformists and principlist critics of the government without producing any documented evidence, the Guardian Council acted legally and “compensated for the illegal actions of executive boards,” he noted. He added the move by the Guardian Council will help promote voter turnout in the parliamentary elections. Executive boards had first ruled that Qanbari, who represents the people of Ilam in Majlis, is not qualified to run for the parliament. The Majlis elections will be held on March 2.