28 Mar 2024
Monday 28 May 2018 - 16:44
Story Code : 306872

Reformist MPs may nominate Aref as parliament speaker

IFP- A member of the Iranian Parliaments reformist faction says they will introduce their contenders for seats of the parliaments presiding board on Tuesday, a day before the annual elections in which senior reformist Mohammad-Reza Aref will probably run for the post of the speaker.

Abdolhamid Khedri made the statement after a meeting of the parliamentary faction on Sunday to discuss the factions candidates in the annual elections for the presiding board of the parliament.

We could not reach the final decision and the factions plan for presiding boards election will be announced in a session on Tuesday, he said, according to a Tasnim news Agency report.

The lawmaker said the reformist faction will introduce candidates for all seats of the presiding board, including the speakership.

Several members of the faction have announced Aref will be their contender for the speakership vote.

Reformists candidates for the twin deputy speaker seats are expected to be Massoud Pezeshkian and Ali Motahhari, who will run for reelection.

There are speculations that the faction is going to form an alliance with a number of conservatives who are at odds with incumbent Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

Candidates for the speakership seat will find their task to be hard, as they should compete with Larijani who has won the vote for ten consecutive years.
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