News ID: 150

Date: 08 January 2022 - 16:04

Spokesman: Constitutional Council welcomes election law amendment

Hadi Tahan-Nazif, the spokesman of the Constitutional Council, said the watchdog body always welcomes amending the country’s electoral law based the general policies on elections.

“We have always welcomed an amendment of the election law based on general election policies,” Tahan-Nazif told reporters on Saturday during his monthly press conference.

He added that members of the Council have repeatedly stressed that the Guardian Council will abide by the law if it is passed.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei announced the general policies on elections on the basis of Clause 1 of Article 110 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Expediency Council. The text of the policies was issued to the heads of the three branches of government and to the head of the Expediency Council.