Iran's parliament wants presidential elections over one year early

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Dec 3, 2006, 9:53 GMT

Tehran - Iran's parliament wants the next presidential elections to be held more than one year early, the Fars news agency reported Sunday. Parliament approved a draft bill upon which the parliamentary and presidential elections would be held simultaneously in the first quarter of 2008. As the next parliamentary elections are scheduled for February 2008 but the next presidential elections for June 2009, the new bill would reduce the four-year presidential term of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by almost one and a half years. The members of parliament in favour of the bill, more than 80 per cent, say that the simultaneous formation of the executive and legislative powers would enable a better cooperation between the two powers and strengthen parliament's supervision role. Ahmadinejad has not yet reacted to the draft bill. Iran's parliament is dominated by the ultraconservative Abadgaran (Development) Party of which also the president is a senior member. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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Right TruthDec 3rd, 2006 - 19:44:19

Interesting. I suppose it's just wishful thinking to hope the Iranian people are tired of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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