Speaking to Khabar Online, Tavakoli referred to the advices given by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the Parliament (Majlis) and the government mutual aid as "quiet accurate, rational and mandatory".
At the meeting with Parliament Speaker Ali Larijania and a group of MPs on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei called for a more friendly cooperation between the two bodies.
"The Supreme Leader stated that IRI Constitution and other laws ratified by the Parliament define the terms of cooperation between legislative branch and executive branch. We lawmakers must realize the limits of our legislative and monitoring power on the acts of government. Also the administration must reciprocally implement the laws passed by the Majlis," he noted.
Tavakoli who represents Tehran in the Parliament added: "Although in observing the bills, the Majlis may not be flawless, the government is not authorized to disobey the laws ratified by the legislative branch. Even if the statesmen believe that a law can not be executed, they should formally request the Majlis to revoke that and help the lawmakers to ratify the bills with the least amount of mistakes."
The MP said that the Majlis must realize the needs of the country and the problems facing the government in executing the bills. But he also maintained that if the government objects to the laws passed by the Majlis, it should announce its objection through legal methods not illegal statements.
Ahmadinejad had said on Monday that some laws ratified by parliament were unconstitutional. However Parliament Speaker responded that several evidences prove the government has violated the law. He stressed that the evidences will be made public if the administration insists on denying them.
In earlier months, the Parliament-government disagreement on implementing subsidy reform plan with a 400 trillion rials ($40 billion) budget proposed by the latter made an impact on the interaction between the two branches. Majlis had simply agreed on a 200 trillion rials revenue to be recovered from slashing subsidies on energy carriers and food.
On the occasion of new Iranian year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad censured three economist lawmakers including Tavakoli who had earlier criticized his proposed method of executing subsidy reform plan.
The three lawmakers firmly opposed the 400 trillion rials plan and lectures they delivered played a role in rejecting the government proposal.
Ahmadinejad rebuffed their arguments without naming them claiming that they are not economists at all and it's not clear from where they have received degrees on economy.
His verbal attack prompted the three to call Ahmadinejad to a TV debate over the issue but he shunned and said: "I don't want to fight with them", although his tone revealed that the disagreement with the lawmakers is more close to a battle.
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