On Monday evening, Hassan Rouhani sat in a dinner feast with a group of political activists which included members of the whole political spectrum, either Principlist or Reformist, in the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
President Rouhani believed that all should observe the rules of game in political activity as prerequisite of exercising political ethics. "Magnanimity of spirit should be a guiding principle in any political failure of one's own party and or success of the rival political party; however, to find such spirit has been difficult in the current political terrain," added Rouhani. "Our neighbors welcome political rift and conflict in the country and they would be benefited the most from such confrontations; when only united and consolidated inside would we succeed in bringing a healthy political atmosphere and thus would converge all forces in a constructive path to build the country anew," he suggested.
Rouhani criticized the commonly believed concept of the politics as 'seizing political power by whatsoever means' to favor a more benign concept of attending the common good of the political unit through addressing the calamities of the nation and advancing the society to terra firma of happiness; "with criticism, I believe to criticize is a collective right; however, genuine criticism stands clear of deliberate slashing the government with the objective being no less malign than to weaken the subject of criticism; I invite all political parties to give hands to attend the greater issue of country's plights in the 40th anniversary of the Revolution along with a scintillating national celebration."
Rouhani believed that his Cabinet was nonpartisan; "we have waged efforts to bring together representatives from all political party in the Cabinet to serve the country setting aside all partisan sentiments; I would advocate a monthly meetings of this sort to address major problems of country and to agree on certain solutions," he suggested.
President also hoped that the single-digit inflation figures along with modest growth figure of the economy would provide examples of future success which the country would expect to see achieved through unity and cooperation.
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