CNN.com - IRNA: Iran's cabinet may dissolve - Jan. 13, 2004: "TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Amid a protest over the disqualification of moderate candidates from upcoming elections, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's cabinet is prepared to dissolve if it cannot guarantee a fair election process, state-run media report.
'President Khatami's cabinet has been feeling shocked during the past 48 hours, and the country's governor generals have announced they cannot continue with performing their duties under the current conditions,' Iranian Vice President Mohammad Sattarifar said in the IRNA report.
'Our political system is based on religious democracy, and so if the government becomes impotent in securing the legitimate freedoms of the nation, it loses its legitimacy, and then whether it dissolves itself or not, it is automatically dissolved,' said Sattarifar, Iran's vice president for management and planning.
Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned hundreds of moderate candidates from running in the February 20 elections, including about 80 sitting members of parliament -- all allied with Khatami, a moderate reformist."
'President Khatami's cabinet has been feeling shocked during the past 48 hours, and the country's governor generals have announced they cannot continue with performing their duties under the current conditions,' Iranian Vice President Mohammad Sattarifar said in the IRNA report.
'Our political system is based on religious democracy, and so if the government becomes impotent in securing the legitimate freedoms of the nation, it loses its legitimacy, and then whether it dissolves itself or not, it is automatically dissolved,' said Sattarifar, Iran's vice president for management and planning.
Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned hundreds of moderate candidates from running in the February 20 elections, including about 80 sitting members of parliament -- all allied with Khatami, a moderate reformist."
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