Tehran, YJC. Mohammadreza Aref has asked the President-elect to use Ahmadinejad’s consultation in his Administration of Foresight and Hope.
Mohammadreza
Aref has in an interview with Modiriat Ertebatat on Sunday advised Hassan
Rouhani to use Ahmadinejad’s consultation in his administration.
Providing
comments on his running for presidency, Aref said "Initially, I announced my decision
for voting, and not candidacy, I said I will take part in the elections. With this
I intended to oppose the extreme ideas that existed in parts of the Reform
Current where some were after banning elections. It was a high-risk job to convey
people’s demands and hardships; and at the same time avoid making trouble and
keep off my devotional red lines. It is
a very tough job. National security, interests, and integrity were essentials
for me.”
Answering
a question regarding his affairs with Ahmadinejad if elected President, he said
"I think that former presidents must not take any executive positions, no way. But
all of them must be made use of as high consultants. My advice for Mr. Rouhani
is to use all senior figures of the system in their own positions. We must tap
the entire country’s potentials in eliminating people’s hardships. If it is
otherwise we will fail. The Principalists’ experience of 8 years showed, and I stressed
the fact very often in the debates, that a homogenized country will not do. Even
if it is the Reformists it will be the same, it will not do.”