He also requested the Parliament to approve a 400 trillion rials (40 billion dollars) revenue to be resulted from the execution of the plan.
Earlier Ahmadinejad has submitted a letter to the supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asking him to assist in fulfilling the government's demand.
Speaking to Khabar Online, a member of Parliament's presiding board, Hassan Sobhani-Nia stated that Ahmadinejad has described four objectives to be gained out of the realization of subsidy cut plan: controlling the consumption, boosting the productivity, to refine structures and management systems, to eliminate the roots of permanent inflation which includes adjusting production structures as well as strengthening monetary bases; and finally the implementation of justice.
According to the lawmaker, delivering a 45 minutes lecture, Ahmadinejad stressed several times that these objectives will not be fulfilled if the Majlis simply allocates 200 trillion rials to the project which makes the government unable to achieve a significant goal.
Sobhani-Nia who is a member of the Principlist faction of the parliament said that although experts and lawmakers have estimated that subsidy cuts plan will drastically move up the inflation rate. However Mr. Ahmadinejad maintained that he doesn't believe in the inflationary consequences of the project saying that one of the objectives of executing the plan is wielding a control over the inflation, so one cannot claim that it will soar the inflation.
Responding to a question about the President's estimation on the amount of the direct cash to be paid to people next year, the lawmaker pointed out: "Mr. Ahmadinejad underlined that if the government could gain 200 trillion rials, it can afford to pay 300,000 to 500,000 rials to each family in cash. But if the government's revenue out of executing the plan could reach by 400 trillion rials, the government will be able to raise the amount by 600,000 to 700,000 rials paid to compensate for the increase of energy carriers.
In this manner Ahmadinejad believes that the administration will be capable of both fighting the inflation and allocating more money to low-income Iranian families.
نظر شما