The bill called ‘Iranian Government's Reciprocal and Proportional Action’ was put on the Parliament’s agenda and was reviewed at its public session on Sunday morning.
Tehran’s representative Elias Naderan opposed the bill; “according to the edict, the Special Committee should have passed on the bill to sub-committees providing them with a deadline to offer their comments, but this regulation was not met in the Supreme National Security Council,” was his major objection of the process.
“The Special Committee must also have invited the representatives who submitted their proposals 24 hours before the proceedings in order to defend their position, while the Supreme National Security Council did not invite even single MP for the purpose,” added Naderan.
In response to this notification, the Parliament Speaker told him that “what you mentioned holds true for regular bills; but the bill on JCPOA was adopted to have an immediate review.” On the cause of his opposition to the bill, Naderan asserted that “if the government wanted such a bill to get approved, why they would not pass the bill themselves?”
“They say the bill has been coordinated by the Supreme National Security Council and the Parliament factions; however, I believe that it should be investigated according to the law,” he objected. He further emphasized that the project should have been evaluated in two councils; “if the market waits for the implementation of JCPOA, the government should not have held back its approval for two and a half years; unfortunately, the government has just dealt with foreign policy and has not taken any steps to resolve economic problems,” Naderan said.
The MP further criticized the government for putting the blame of its incompetence on economic sanctions. “In a note which was passed three months ago, we had stressed that the government should legally offer the bill on JCPOA to the Parliament, but today we actually abolished our own legislation,” underlined Naderan. “Some MPs think that the details of the plan will be modified but it is merely a naïve way of thinking,” he asserted, asking the MPs not to vote for the bill on JCPOA so that the government provides its own bill or a comprehensive plan will be provided by the Parliament."
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