The head of the Guardian Council’s research institute says we should be more receptive to protests.
Officials of the system often overlook mistakes for the sake of preserving unity.
In response to the question of why Article 27 of the Constitution has not been implemented so far, Abbasali Kadkhodaei said, ‘The problem we have is that almost all protests in the country are taking place, meaning when you go to the Parliament, there are groups in front of the Parliament and the Judiciary. During elections, some are in front of the Guardian Council. Practically, these protests are happening, and people can express their objections, and no one significantly prevents them. However, the issue is to make these protests lawful and to be able to draft these duties within a legal framework and present them to the people. In my opinion, this is a shortcoming that we need to think about from now on. What the Guardian Council’s research institute did was to bring this issue to the attention of the officials, to inform them that, dear gentlemen and officials, such a deficiency exists, and hopefully, we are ready to help solve this issue.’