Parliament Members Bypass the Law with SUVs

Parliament members bypass the law with SUVs

Parliament members bypass the law with SUVs. According to Iran Gate, this issue was initially raised by Ahmad Alirezabeigi, a representative from Tabriz in the Parliament, but it was denied by the Parliament’s presidium and the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Trade. However, it was eventually confirmed. Beigi had announced the number of vehicles as 75 SUVs of the models Fidelity and Dignity. Now, in the report from the Presidential Inspection, the number of vehicles has been stated as 100.

The President’s special representative in the fight against corruption announced that violators of the preferential vehicle allocation have been introduced in a confidential report to Raisi. Hojatoleslam Hassan Darvishian said about the latest updates on the investigation of the preferential vehicle allocation case to IRNA: Following the President’s order to examine the issue, we immediately corresponded with the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Trade and the automakers and requested explanations from them regarding this matter.

He added: After thoroughly assessing the dimensions of the issue and confirming the violation, in the first step, we prevented the continuation of vehicle allocations to individuals that were outside the regular sales process to the general public, conducted through memorandums of understanding and the like.

The President’s special inspector explained about the violators in this case: We introduced the violating entities and individuals to the President in a confidential report, and immediately, the CEO of Iran Khodro was dismissed in connection with this issue. This company had previously attempted, through an internal resolution, to allocate a number of imported CKD Haima S8 SUVs to its managers before public offering and with significant favoritism, which was halted with the timely intervention of the special inspection.

Darvishian added: After warning the violating entities, it was also reiterated to the automakers that based on the notification and order of the honorable President from March 2021, under no circumstances are they allowed to allocate vehicles without regulation to managers and employees of executive bodies in the three branches of government or any other private individuals or entities in a manner contrary to the normal sales process to the general public. The then Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade was also asked to stop the automakers’ memorandums with executive bodies and to have more stringent and serious oversight to prevent the recurrence of this issue. As long as the conditions for vehicle supply remain in this state and public needs are not met, this supervisory demand will persist.

He noted: Currently, with the steps taken, no vehicle should be offered without adhering to legal regulations, and if we receive a report of repeated violations, we will definitely address it without any leniency, as was done previously when the President ordered the reprimand of several managers and the dismissal of some others.

The President’s special inspector’s response to a representative regarding the allocation of SUVs

The President’s special inspector also responded to a question about the comments of one of the Parliament members regarding the delivery of SUVs by a specific automaker to representatives before impeachment. He stated that previous investigations and obtained documents indicate that a memorandum of understanding was signed from the summer of 2021, before the formation of the thirteenth government cabinet, between a pseudo-paper company, Radin Mobin Gharb, and that automaker.

He added: According to the obtained documents, with the facilitation of one of the officials at the time in the Parliament, more than one hundred vehicles were allocated at factory prices and without a lottery to some of these representatives, based on the introduction and mediation of the aforementioned fictitious company. This practice continued until mid-2022, and according to the investigation, the then Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade was unaware of its occurrence or details, and apparently, some representatives were also unaware of it.