Iran Press/ Iran news: Hadi Tahan-Nazif told IranPress in an interview on Monday: "Holding electronic elections, among other executive issues, is within the jurisdiction of the country's Ministry of Interior and the Constitutional Council acts as a supervisor of the elections."
Tahan-Nazif said that the representatives of the Constitutional Council and the Ministry of Interior are reviewing in meetings the creation of infrastructures for e-voting within the technical, legal, and security frameworks, the final results of which will be announced.
Iran's Minister of Interior Ahmad Vahidi told IranPress on the sidelines of the cabinet session on May 3 that the ministry pursues the preparation of the grounds for the next elections in the country, including the necessary training for the organizers, since it is the most important event in the current year.
Hadi Tahan-Nazif told IranPress Monday that the CC, among other executive agencies, is to prepare the grounds for healthy, safe, competitive, and passionate elections in all parts of the country.
He said the CC is working to see if there were any executive pathologies in the previous elections, and remove it from now on for the coming elections, calling for other executive agencies to foster a peaceful and healthy environment for voting.
With regard to the election-supervising entities and their role, Tahan-Nazif said in different countries, the protection of the constitution and holding of elections are carried out by either the legislature or the judiciary or a commission of different branches of power.
The body supervising the elections must be one based on the law and with strict transparent regulations and must not be affiliated with any political group or organization, he stressed.
As with the reforming of the election law by the Constitutional Council and the Parliament, he told IranPress that simpler language, focusing on more details and the development of qualifications scope are among the important features of the reform.
Highlighting the increase in the candidates' number across the country, the CC spokesman noted that one of the points with the new law is the increase in the time span for reviewing the candidates' qualifications.
In response to a question about the council's plan to maximize people's participation in the elections, Hadi Tahan-Nazif said in the bill under examination, the parliament seeks to further facilitate the identification of the voters and smoothing the process of voting in the poll stations.
He highlighted the fact that the Islamic Republic allows the special role to participate in the political system of the country and recalled that on average every year Iran has held elections after the Islamic Revolution.
The CC spokesman stated that some political currents are trying to misrepresent the Islamic Republic of Iran to the world, but the fact is that the Islamic Republic has a brilliant track record for the world in terms of democracy.
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