Launching 200 election channels to increase participation – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

According to Mehr correspondent, Hasan Abedini, who traveled to South Khorasan to launch Sedav Sima election channels, told reporters on Saturday morning: Sedav Sima has 200 channels in this period of the Islamic Council elections to increase people’s participation in the elections. will start an election that will be broadcasted on television, radio and television And the virtual space of the desired programs will be played.

He said that from son Four channels will be launched in South Khorasan, he added: These channels will be launched based on constituencies, and in this regard, one channel has been considered for each constituency.

He pointed out that the candidates of the Islamic Council elections will convey their views to the audience in the seven days specified for advertising and up to one day before the elections, so that the people will get to know the views and tastes of the candidates for the parliamentary elections. Vote for the desired person.

He emphasized: the people of South Khorasan had a large presence in the presidential and other elections are And based on this, this province is among the regions of the country that had the highest participation rate in the elections are.

He added: In the meeting we had today with the governor of South Khorasan, we talked about increasing people’s participation in the elections. As that the Ministry of Interior is responsible for the implementation of the elections, the governors in the provinces are responsible for the health and security of the elections, and in this regard, the governor of South Khorasan tiny It has done the necessary in this field and meetings have been held to establish coordination between the relevant institutions, which will have an impact on the electoral competition and the level of people’s participation.

In response to Mehr’s reporter’s question about the amount that the candidates for the parliamentary elections should pay to Seda and Sima, the deputy of affairs of the country’s broadcasting provinces said: According to the amendment to the election law of the Islamic Council, Seda and Sima was supposed to pay the expenses It would be a high number from the candidates.

Abedini stated that Sed and Sima does not seek financial benefit in this field, and noted: Sed and Sima will receive figures based on the number of candidates in each constituency.

He said: The purpose of launching the election channels is to try to increase people’s participation and the amount of money that will be taken from the candidates for the parliamentary elections varies in the constituencies, which starts from five million tomans for the candidates to use 20 minutes of the election channel antenna. And in some constituencies, such as Tehran, where the number of candidates reaches two thousand people, we have to set up four channels for the constituencies of Tehran, Shemiranat and Shahre Ray so that all candidates can use the specified time to express their views, according to this amount The target is different in different fields.

He clarified: If we wanted to collect the expenses based on the existing law in this regard, it would have been a large amount, therefore, in the meetings held for this purpose, it was supposed that if a candidate entered the parliament or the candidates who received 1,000 votes source get it, don’t pay any fees.

He said: Since according to the opinion of lawyers, doing this work depends on a new legislation, the implementation of this issue faced difficulties.

Abedi pointed out: By doing this, we are trying to provide more competition in the elections.