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Majlis begins deliberation on Fifth Development Plan
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) -- The Iranian parliament commenced the examination of the Fifth Development Plan (2010-2015) on Saturday morning.
Later, the generalities of the plan were put to a vote and the lawmakers approved the general outline of the plan, which was presented by the administration and modified by a Majlis special committee.
Of the 192 MPs who were present at the Majlis session on Saturday, 131 voted in favor, 44 voted against the plan, and 17 abstained.
The Majlis Presiding Board announced that the examination of the plan will take about two months.
The Fifth Development Plan contains 200 articles and envisages development in the social, cultural, economic, political, judicial, administrative, and security spheres.
The plan should have been ratified before the end of the previous Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, 2010 and its implementation should have begun at the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, 2010.
However, as the administration procrastinated over the submission of the bill to the parliament, the lawmakers decided to extend the Fourth Development Plan for one year.
MPs comment on Fifth Development Plan
MP Ahmad Tavakkoli, who is known to be critical of the administration’s economic policies, stated that the Fifth Development Plan is poorly drafted and called on MPs to vote against the general outline of the plan.
Tavakkoli, who spoke against the plan before the vote, said that the plan should be returned to the administration in order to be redrafted.
Tavakkoli, who is the director of the Majlis Research Center, cited the contradiction between the Fifth Development Plan and the subsidy reform plan as the main problem of the proposed plan.
MP Nasrollah Kamalian of the Majlis Development Committee also spoke against the plan, saying the objectives of the plan are not clear.
“The plan begins from an indefinite starting point and heads toward an unclear destination,” Kamalian said on Saturday.
He also expressed regret that the main sections of the Fourth Development Plan had not been put into practice by the administration.
Later, the generalities of the plan were put to a vote and the lawmakers approved the general outline of the plan, which was presented by the administration and modified by a Majlis special committee.
Of the 192 MPs who were present at the Majlis session on Saturday, 131 voted in favor, 44 voted against the plan, and 17 abstained.
The Majlis Presiding Board announced that the examination of the plan will take about two months.
The Fifth Development Plan contains 200 articles and envisages development in the social, cultural, economic, political, judicial, administrative, and security spheres.
The plan should have been ratified before the end of the previous Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, 2010 and its implementation should have begun at the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, 2010.
However, as the administration procrastinated over the submission of the bill to the parliament, the lawmakers decided to extend the Fourth Development Plan for one year.
MPs comment on Fifth Development Plan
MP Ahmad Tavakkoli, who is known to be critical of the administration’s economic policies, stated that the Fifth Development Plan is poorly drafted and called on MPs to vote against the general outline of the plan.
Tavakkoli, who spoke against the plan before the vote, said that the plan should be returned to the administration in order to be redrafted.
Tavakkoli, who is the director of the Majlis Research Center, cited the contradiction between the Fifth Development Plan and the subsidy reform plan as the main problem of the proposed plan.
MP Nasrollah Kamalian of the Majlis Development Committee also spoke against the plan, saying the objectives of the plan are not clear.
“The plan begins from an indefinite starting point and heads toward an unclear destination,” Kamalian said on Saturday.
He also expressed regret that the main sections of the Fourth Development Plan had not been put into practice by the administration.
