Tehran, YJC. Former Culture Minister has said that the President must not try to rival the country’s number one authority.
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Mohammadhossein
Saffar Harandi said on Saturday in Shahrekord "If the President intends to
rival the top authority there will be some problem. If he wants to place his
seat next to the Leader’s and think to himself that he is anything to match with
the Leader there will be some problem.”
The
9th administration Minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance stated "We
must take care what outlook is adopted by the one who will take the country’s
second highest position regarding the country’s number one authority whom we
see as the representative of the twelfth Imam.”
He said
"The Supreme Leader invites officials to discussions where opinions are
presented and points are negotiated and viewpoints given. In the end of the
session conclusions are made and decisions adopted. It would be impertinent if
someone says something different after the session. When the decision is made
no one has the right to act according to his personal judgment.”
Harandi
also pointed to the Guardian Council electoral disqualifications and said "If
someone visits the Leader and says that, because of his age, he does not see in
himself the ability to handle the country, and then the Supreme Leader agrees
with him and says that he has the same opinion about him, then this will be all
we need to know. Why does, then, something else have to be done?”