In order to deal with the budget deficit, the government’s extra-budgetary orders should be reduced – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

Mehr news agency, Policy Group – Zahra Alidaddy: Against the separation of the ministry silence and says “the Ministry of Commerce can be the distributor of import rent in the country, and eventually the import will be the output of this ministry”.

He does not consider it advisable to remove the cash subsidy and says that “some tithes of the society use the subsidy for food and basic goods to pay housing rent”. He firmly and clearly says that the government should provide subsidies to all members of the society in the same way and emphasizes that the parliament will follow up the situation of the remaining subsidies from the proposed Minister of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare.

He complains about the performance of the government in organizing the car sales market and emphasizes that “we will not let the accumulated losses of automobile companies be paid from the people’s pockets”. He says that the government prevents the smuggling of gasoline and considers the solution to circumvent the sanctions to be a coalition of the embargoed countries with each other.

He talks about the solutions to solve the budget deficit and does not accept the salary increase of the employees in the middle of the year. Ghaziri blames the slowness of drafting the 7th Development Plan and emphasizes that “according to the communication of the general policies of the 7th Development Plan by the Supreme Leader, the government can draft the 1402 budget bill with an eye on it”.

In the elections of 2018, he was included in the list of the Revolutionary Forces Coalition Council and was able to win the votes of the people of Tehran and went to Baharestan together with his like-minded people.

He is known as one of the youths of the 11th Parliament, and is also the head of the digital economy faction. Due to his presence in the program and budget commission, most of the discussion centers around economic issues, the seventh development plan, the division of the ministry silence And… it was placed.

The full text of the conversation with “Mojtaba Rezakhah», The Chairman of the Executive Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Group of Iran, the representative of the people of Tehran in the Islamic Consultative Assembly and a member of the Program and Budget Commission of the Assembly, which was held at the Mehr news agency, is as follows:

In the budget law of 1401, the parliament had approved that the prices should not increase from September 1400 and that the infrastructure of the electronic goods list should be provided. Now we see that both the prices of basic goods have become extremely expensive and the infrastructure of goods has not been provided. Why is the resolution of the parliament regarding the preferred currency not implemented properly?

The change in prices since September 1400 was not only affected by the removal of the preferred currency, but also the annual inflation, the increase of the minimum salary by 57% and other changes, and the government has not succeeded in compensating all these price increases. The Islamic Council has held meetings with the government regarding the creation of Kalaberg infrastructure, but the creation of infrastructure for this task will take a lot of time and needs to be implemented as a pilot or trial so as not to cause extra-economic and social damages.

Some tithes of the society use the subsidy for food and basic goods to pay housing rent.

Considering that the infrastructure for providing electronic goods list has not been prepared yet, does the government want to abandon the whole issue of providing electronic goods list and make the payment of cash subsidy the basis of livelihood support for the people?

Although the whole problem of electronic goods list is not due to the infrastructure, but until the necessary infrastructure to grant the electronic goods list is not established, the government should provide the subsidy in cash. On the other hand, we have noticed in some surveys that some tithes of the society, unfortunately, pay this subsidy instead of increasing the rent. That is, the poor in the society use the subsidy for food and basic goods to pay for housing rent. Based on what has happened, the removal of cash subsidy can have unfortunate social consequences for the government.

Although some people are entitled to receive cash subsidy, they were deprived of receiving the subsidy. When will the duty of the survivors of the subsidy be determined?

This question should be asked to the officials of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare. From the experts’ point of view, the government should pay subsidies to all members of the society in the same way and correct the class differences with regulatory taxes. It will be social welfare.

In his recent press conference, the president announced a decrease in the inflation rate, but critics of the government say that this announced figure is not accurate and inflation has not decreased. In your opinion, has the 13th government been successful in reducing inflation? What does the parliamentary supervision show?

After reducing the inflationary shock of removing the preferred currency, the monthly inflation rate decreased, which can be examined from several perspectives. First, removing the preferred currency, contrary to the continuation of this policy, inflation disposal creates and not continuous inflation, which showed itself in the monthly inflation of August. Inflation in June, i.e. at the time of removing the preferred currency, was 12.2% and inflation in August reached 2.2%. On the other hand, this shock was already accumulated by 57% due to the annual inflation of the country, the increase in the exchange rate and the increase in the minimum salary, and it was discharged in one month. In addition, in some food items, due to the increase in prices, the demand decreased, and for these reasons, the decrease in inflation was already predicted.

Considering the state of the banking system and liquidity in the society, it is impossible not to have inflation in the future

In your opinion, how will the country’s situation be in terms of inflation rate?

Due to the state of the banking system, the existing liquidity of the society that cannot be tracked and the smallness of the markets unproductive Because currency, gold and land, it seems impossible that our country will not have inflation in the future. We will probably have significant inflation again, which the government should present its own specific plan to control. The Islamic Council has helped the government in terms of the budget and reducing the budget deficit, and will continue to help and monitor its strict implementation. In any case, the issue of inflation is multi-faceted, and the government’s plan to control inflation should be demanded.

You said earlier that the government’s promises about cars will not be fulfilled, do you still confirm this or do you believe that the 13th government has managed to organize the car market to some extent?

In the field of automobiles, the 13th government not only failed to fulfill its promise to increase production and organize the sales market, but also made the situation even worse. Even selling cars in the stock market because of the comments of the ministry silence encountered problems. Accumulated loss of automobile companies due to inefficiency and interest Veri down created that ministry silence He wants to receive the accumulated losses of automobile companies from people’s pockets, which we are definitely against. Today, the parliament is waiting for the status of the minister silence is, because the delay in the minister’s proposal to the parliament makes the car situation even more complicated.

With the implementation of car imports, the inflammation in the foreign car market should be resolved so that the domestic car market will eventually be settled

What happened to the task of importing a car? Considering the economic conditions of the people, in your opinion, what kind of cars should be imported into the country so that only the rich do not benefit from the benefits of car imports?

Even if the cheapest foreign cars are imported into the country, due to the parity rate between the dollar and the rial (decrease in the value of the national currency) and the customs duties charged by the government, car imports will still be high for three tenths. Not all problems can be solved with one rule. For now, with the implementation of car importation, the inflammation in the foreign car market should be resolved so that the domestic car market will eventually settle down.

The issue of separation of the ministry has been for some time silence And the formation of the Ministry of Commerce has been proposed, where will this separation end? In your opinion, the criticisms about the ministry’s performance silence Is there, will it be solved by separating this ministry?

Supporters of separation from the size of the ministry silence They say, but the separation of this ministry has two problems. In the first place, the separate management of production and trade leads to the confusion of both producers and traders, and this inconsistency shows itself in the lack of goods, sudden price drop, damage to the producer or price increase. On the other hand, the created Ministry of Commerce is like the icing on the cake, which will be very tempting; In the sense that a ministry can be the distributor of import rent in the country and gradually the import will be the output of this ministry. The Islamic Council will continue to wait for the government’s next move in introducing ministers to make a final review of this issue.

There is nothing wrong with the government wanting to increase salaries, but it should be seen in the budget in advance and should not increase employees’ salaries in the middle of the year.

One of the things that is often criticized by the parliament is the issue of budget deficit. Considering that the 13th government must present the next year’s budget to the parliament by December, what should be done in order for the government to present a real budget to the parliament and not have a budget deficit next year?

The government must add all the expenses included in the budget, including extra-budgetary items, to the budget bill. It is not possible for the government to increase the minimum salary by 57% during the review of the budget bill in the parliament and not make changes in the tables because this will expand the budget deficit. There is no problem if the government wants to increase salaries, but it should be seen in the budget in advance and the government should not increase employees’ salaries in the middle of the year. What does it mean if the government plans to raise salaries in the middle of the year? This work has a financial burden of nearly 100, and from what source does the government want to finance it?

Anything that the government wants to implement in the year that affects resources and spending should only be presented in the budget bill. So, the first step to compensate for the budget deficit and deal with it will be to reduce the government’s extra-budgetary decrees, which we will follow up on in the Program and Budget Commission of the Islamic Council.

In no way should the price of gasoline be increased suddenly, and in case of an increase in the price of gasoline, the profits should reach the people

These days, in some circles, there is a topic that the government wants to increase the price of gasoline. Is such a problem true?

Gasoline consumption in the country has greatly increased due to several reasons, such as the increase in trips after the reduction of Corona, the high costs of public transportation, the increase in the consumption of cars due to the low quality of manufactured cars and the increase in the depreciation age of existing cars. In order to manage consumption, the government does not go for price increases and prevents smuggling by managing consumption, especially at border points. On average, the government prevents 2 million liters of gasoline smuggling every day. In any case, if the government is thinking of increasing the price, this issue should be raised with the people, under no circumstances should the price of gasoline be increased suddenly, and in case of an increase in the price of gasoline, the proceeds of the price increase should reach the people, not to compensate for this. Government budget deficit.

What will be the effect of concluding long-term contracts with aligned countries like China and Russia on our economy and circumventing sanctions?

The most important contract in front of us is the transit from the north to the south of the country. We must take advantage of the opportunity that has arisen in the world and make Iran a transportation center international Let us return that in this case, we will find a higher position in the countries of the world in terms of security and economy. The Islamic Republic of Iran can not only bypass the sanctions but also neutralize the sanctions by cooperating with China and the effective global sanctions countries such as Russia and Venezuela in the sanctions club.

Recently, the examination of the 7th development plan was finished in the Expediency Council, but it is said that the 7th plan will probably not arrive on time and the 6th development plan will be extended for another year. Why did the development of the 7th plan progress slowly?

The formulation of the 7th development plan coincided with the transfer of the 12th and 13th governments, and this issue fueled the slowness of the formulation of the 7th plan. Of course, the government does not use all its power to develop the 7th plan. If the speed of submitting the proposed rulings is this slow, considering the time of writing the 1402 budget in the Program and Budget Organization, the seventh development plan may not reach this year. Of course, according to the communication of the general policies of the 7th Development Plan by the Supreme Leader, the government can formulate the 1402 budget bill with a view to it.