GHALIBAPH, LARIJANI, HADDAD… THREE ACROBATS ON THE SAME ROPE
The process
in which the political power started to change in Iran is
especially important when the upcoming presidential
elections are taken into consideration. The divisions and
groupings among conservatives show the situation of the
state. That’s why the new parliamentary elections in a sense
remind us of the attitude towards the Ahmadinejad
government. Former Speaker of the Parliament, Haddad Adel’s
opinions against Ahmadinejad in the last months and
Larijani’s oppositions indicates that, these MP’s have some
plans in the election of the new Speaker of the Parliament.
Thus, appearing on the opposite side of Ahmadinejad and his
supporters will become an interesting dimension to gain
votes for the presidential candidacy.
On the
other hand, reformists stated that the 8th parliament will
not be similar to the 7th. They believe that the new
parliament will intensify the criticism and thus will affect
the election of the Speaker of the Parliament.
Haddad
Adel, who most probably will run for the upcoming
Presidential elections, considers that the only way to reach
his goal is to be reelected as the Speaker of the
Parliament. Another name who will be running for the
Presidential elections is Larijani but in the game that will
be approved also by Ghalibaph, he will prefer to be on
Ghalibaph’s side instead of being his opponent. The real aim
of them is to wipe out Ahmadinejad and his supporter milieu
from the political scene.
It seems
that the Parliamentary elections are vitally important for
the upcoming Presidential elections. The milieu supporting
Ahmadinejad put their efforts to protect his position but
this won’t work because anyone who will be the Speaker of
the Parliament will already be an opponent to Ahmadinejad.
