Iranian presidential candidate vows to control inflation, unemployment in 100 days
Iranian presidential hopeful Ali Akbar Velayati has laid out his
plan for what he called a complementary administration.
Velayati said that he's drawn up the sketches for his
administration which will have five major aspects. The presidential
candidate claimed that based on the plan, the inflation and
unemployment can be controlled in just 100 days, Mehr news agency
reported.
The advisor to the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution said that he
will form a moderate administration with the participation of
experts if he wins the June 14 race.
Iran will hold the 11th presidential election on June 14.
The voters will select the successor of the current President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not able to participate in the
elections for the third term according to the country's
constitutional laws.
The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national
election and the Guardian Council vets the candidates for
qualifications.
Velayati, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf are
all from the Coalition of Three from the Principlist camp.
Iran's Guardian Council, the top body for overseeing elections, is
now vetting all presidential hopefuls to come up with the final
list of eligible candidates.
Iran's inflation rate reached 38.7 percent in the first month of
the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-April 20), Mehr
reported, citing the Statistics Center of Iran.
Inflation in Iran amounted to 25.4 percent on the average during
the past Iranian calendar year.
The government allocated around 280 trillion rials (about $23
billion) to thousands of job creation plans, but reports says that
over 60 percent of job creation goals plans were not
materialized.
Based on the Statistics Center of Iran, the number of jobless
people was around 2.674 million in the calendar year 1384 (March
2005-March 2006), but the figure rose to 2.944 in the year 1391
(March 2012-March 2013).
Iran's fifth five-year economic development plan (2010-2015) has
envisaged creating 1.1 million jobs per year. Persons aged 20-24
years are the most unemployed group in Iran with the unemployment
rate of 29.8 percent.
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