Why was “Rostam” disarmed?/ Ministers of road in Chah Abroedeh Raisi – Tejaratnews

According to Tejarat News, the announcement of the name of Rostam Ghasemi as the Minister of Roads and Urban Development faced a lot of criticism from the very beginning. Until the last moment, no one believed that Ebrahim Raisi wanted to place the former oil minister in the highest position of a ministry that has faced serious challenges and delays in numerous projects in recent years. A path that none of the previous ministries had been able to complete successfully. The option of the Ministry of Roads was far from belief even for Ghasemi himself, as he had appeared in the vote of confidence meeting with the hypothesis of taking over the Ministry of Oil!

However, it turned out that this was not a joke and the parliament, aligned with the government, quickly installed Ghasemi Ministry of Roads and City Planning sit down Now, more than a year has passed since Ghasemi assumed the post of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, and he has been directed to the exit of the cabinet. During this time, he suffered a lot of problems, although he himself was not blameless in creating these problems. A search in Ghasemi’s work file does not reveal a clear point; But actually, which is the main factor behind Rostam Ghasemi’s dismissal? Text or margin?

chain margins

The sidelines of Mr. Wazir started from the very beginning of the vote of confidence. When he still thought he was going to be the minister of oil in the 13th government! Of course, these margins did not end there, and in the future, Ghasemi’s foot was opened to a case that is still accompanied by many ifs and ifs. The arrest of Qasim Makarem Shirazi, the advisor and special inspector of the Minister of Roads and Urban Development, was in the headlines for a long time. A case that took Ghasemi to the extreme and made it difficult for him to continue the path. Although he tried to keep himself away from the story, this important margin never left him.

Last month, the publication of photos of Ghasemi in the virtual space, which showed him next to a woman with a different dress from the official space of the country, became a problem. Although it was said that the pictures were taken during the time of Ghasemi’s Ministry of Oil and in Malaysia, they were at the top of the news due to their great difference from the country’s official atmosphere.

In this way, every day, Ghasemi’s sidelines, who should now be considered as the former Minister of Roads, were increased and the alarm of dismissal from the 13th government was sounded. But is this the only reason for the pressure of political lobbies for Ghasemi to leave?

The poor performance of the Ministry of Roads during the Ghasemi period

In addition to the marginalization of news and political pressures, the performance of the Ministry of Roads during Ghasemi’s tenure was also very weak, and therefore he could not be accepted by the community. According to the latest details published by the Ministry of Economy, from the beginning of this year to the 22nd of Aban, 28,945 requests for permits were sent to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, and 26.9% of these permits were not assigned by the specified date.

According to the same statistics, among the requested permits, 10 thousand and 80 requests have been under preliminary review until now, and 7 thousand and 783 permits were delayed in the review process. Thus, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development ranked 12th among the 22 monitored agencies in issuing permits, which is considered a disappointing rank.

Apart from these statistics, which paint a general picture of the chaotic situation of the Ministry of Roads in the past months, Ghasemi has not performed well in the field of road construction and transportation. This backwardness was evident even in the official record that was published in the first year of the government. According to these statistics, in the period of one year since the beginning of the 13th government, Ghasemi’s ministry in the field of construction of freeways, highways, main roads and rural roads has only 1%, 9%, 5% and 12% growth compared to the average of the last five years. had registered

Ghasemi Ministry also recorded only 4% and 5.5% growth in the construction of main lines and sub-lines, respectively, compared to the average of the last five years.

In the field of aviation infrastructure, it was claimed that 17 types of aircraft were added to the country’s air fleet last year, which was 2% more than the increase in the air fleet in the last five years. A claim that faced a lot of buts and ifs due to the tight circle of sanctions. Even with this description, there were only 173 active aircraft out of 336 aircraft.

In the official report presented by the government, it was also claimed that in the field of sea and port transportation of the country, the order for the construction of 12 multi-purpose, surface-to-surface and oil ships has been made to domestic manufacturers. He also claimed last month that he succeeded in obtaining a license worth 20 billion dollars for the transportation sector; The license, which of course was never specified, is supposed to be fed from which financial source.

As the investigations show, during this period Ghasemi only criticized the road and transportation situation and did not take any steps to improve the situation as the Minister of Roads.

National housing roundabout

Ghasemi’s performance in the field of national housing, which was the biggest promise of the president’s government, is clear and obvious; According to the law of jump in housing production and the plan of the national housing movement, the government was supposed to build at least one million housing units every year. A promise that has now been implemented only on paper and in the text of the Ministry of Roads reportage, and there is only a place for it to be used on the ground!

Now, with Ghasemi’s departure, different names are introduced as his successors. Earlier, Ali Nikzad, the former Minister of Roads and Urban Development during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s term, was mentioned as a candidate to succeed him. Yesterday, Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, the parliamentary deputy of the president, emphasized the name of Mehrdad Bazarpash, the current head of the Audit Bureau, and said that until this moment he is the main choice for the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. Someone who has been in line to enter the 13th government for a long time and every time there is talk of a minister leaving, his name is mentioned for replacement!

But the more important question is whether Rostam Ghasemi’s successors can do better than him, or will they also fall into the well that the 13th government has dug with the promise of the national housing movement super project?

The failure of the president in the arrangement of the cabinet

Meanwhile, there is another important issue; The supporters of the 13th government say that the ministers who have occupied the positions in the presidential government are not able to fulfill their promises. However, critics say that it was clear from the beginning that many people in the cabinet of the 13th government are not up to the level of holding the position of the ministry in terms of executive experience and expertise, and the relationship has prevailed.

In fact, it must be said that Rostam Ghasemi is not the only one expelled by the 13th government and perhaps the last one. Recently, Hojjat Abdul Maliki was removed from the Ministry of Welfare with the help of the government so that he would not be impeached. He is now the secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones, and based on this, some say that the presidential government will keep its failed ministers until the last moment, but as soon as the impeachment becomes serious, it will reserve them for organizational positions with the proposal of forced resignation.

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