News ID: 60

Date: 03 May 2021 - 13:34

Protecting health of voting, voters of paramount importance: Spokesman

The spokesman for the Constitutional Council said the top overseeing body places paramount importance both on public health as well as the health of voting in the country’s upcoming presidential polls amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Constitutional Council and the Interior Ministry are cooperating and making every effort to hold safe and healthy elections amid the pandemic, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei told Lebanon's Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network in an interview aired on Sunday.

He added that certain measures will be taken to observe health protocols in the upcoming presidential election, such as setting up more polling stations to avoid overcrowding and setting them up outdoors.

Kadkhodaei once again stressed that the health of people and elections is intertwined and is of paramount importance to the Constitutional Council and other bodies.

Iran’s 13th presidential election is slated for June 18, 2021. The sixth local councils’ elections will be held on the same day.

Candidates hoping to run in the next elections are to apply in early April for approval. The final list is to be announced by the Constitutional Council in early June.

The Constitutional Council is a constitutionally mandated 12-member council in Iran that, among other things, is tasked with ensuring the compatibility of the legislation passed by the parliament with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution.