The Decline of Institutions
The decline of institutions has reached a point in the country’s administrative and legislative state where no better word than ‘deterioration’ can be chosen to describe it.
Deterioration is a state where a car, building, or even personal and social relationships are continuously worn out and used without attending to their essential needs for repair and updating.
When a building is not repaired at the slightest defect or damage, it won’t be long before it becomes worn out and uninhabitable.
If a car is driven daily with many passengers on rough roads for extended hours and its parts are not repaired or updated, it quickly becomes worn out and will sooner or later either crash or stop moving, possibly reaching a point where it cannot be repaired or restored.
The reality is that our administrative and legislative systems have more or less reached this state.
The issue of the president’s helicopter crash, as one of the software and hardware examples of this deterioration, gained a lot of attention due to its high news value; otherwise, we encounter various evidence of this deterioration daily.
One of the important instances of this can be seen in administrative corruption.
Corruption occurs more in a deteriorated administrative system than in a healthy one.
Just as various pests nest in the cracks and holes of deteriorated buildings.
Another significant example of this deterioration can be seen in the country’s education system.
While the minister claims that Iran is becoming a model for the world, this statement itself reflects the ultimate intellectual and mental deterioration. Yet, they were unable to issue and provide entrance cards for final exams to students, so the exams were postponed, showing that they are hardware-wise deteriorated as well.
Of course, this part was not deteriorated from the beginning but was rather a counterfeit and did not fit the necessary function.
We thought the exam issue was resolved, but unfortunately, today’s special report from Ham-Mihan is about severe disorder in final exam areas due to the inability and delay in issuing entrance cards, causing many students to miss the exam, and this has been discussed with students and families.
The reality is that the president is no longer there to review the performance of this deteriorated ministry, and it is unlikely that others will have the chance to address an issue that concerns the fate of millions of students and their families, even with a brief response.
But the most interesting manifestation of deterioration must be seen in the advisory parliament with representatives who only had the votes of 3% of eligible Tehran voters.
The story is that about 280 ballots for selecting the parliament’s presidium members could not be counted, and their counting error was about 30% of the total votes. It is unclear whether this was a conscious change or due to a lack of efficiency and insight. Now, the question arises: how can a parliament that cannot count this small number of votes in its first step legislate for the people and complex issues? This indicates the complete deterioration of an official institution.
Interestingly, the deterioration is deeper when we know they will say it was nothing significant and just a mistake.
Interestingly, due to the recount, one of the elected members was removed and replaced by another. Ignoring these deteriorations has placed it on the path of erosion.
The question is, what is the cause? The main cause is discrimination in selecting unqualified human resources, either through selecting low-quality individuals or through advisory disqualifications. Do you think such a parliament can appoint a more efficient force than itself as a minister?
