In a televised speech on Thursday, Gharazi said Iran’s Constitution has adequate potential for various issues and suggested that previous presidents turned a blind eye to such legal capacities, especially when it comes to the economic issues.
Regarding economic issues, he went on to say that the Constitution stipulates that the administration should serve the people and should not have an eye to the public and private properties.
The former Telecommunications Minister also stated that he has never faced any constitutional problems in the implementation of his plans, adding that the potential of the Constitution and the Iranian nation can practically satisfy the administration’s needs.
He also indicated that he would allow his governors to be elected through popular vote to decentralize power and allow people to manage their affairs themselves.
In Iran’s June 14 presidential election, Gharazi will be competing against former Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Velayati, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili, Hassan Rohani, who is the director of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council, MP Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei, and former First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref.
Iranians will cast their ballots at over 66,000 polling stations across the country in the nation’s 11th presidential election. Expatriates will also be able to vote at 285 polling stations that will be set up in foreign countries.
The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election.
