The President stated that the discourse of the Popular Government is to create change and try to bring the current situation as close as possible to the desired situation, stating, “The document of the government’s desired change is based on the Declaration of the Second Step of the Islamic Revolution”.
Speaking in a meeting with elites, clerics, martyrs’ families, war veterans and people of Alborz province on Thursday afternoon, Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said, “In the last 40 years, many steps have been taken for the development of this region, but there is a longer way to go”.
Dr Raisi further stated, “The main strategy of today is the system of creating hope for the future, and whoever moves in this direction, moves in the direction of achieving the goal of the system”.
Pointing out that today there is a very heavy responsibility on all officials in the Islamic Republic, the President stated, “Today, we must all realise that although the enemy does not want Iran to progress and become strong, but our duty is to redouble our efforts”.
Ayatollah Raisi stated that the main focus of our efforts should be to strengthen the components of power of the Islamic Republic, noting, “Today, science, economics and the support and presence of the people are the most important components of power”.
The President described one of the most important factors in strengthening the people’s trust in the system to improve the efficiency of the administrative system.
In another part of his speech, Dr Raisi said, “The discourse of the Popular Government is to create change and try to bring the current situation as close as possible to the desired situation”.
“It’s not a difficult task to describe and explain justice, but it is important that people feel in practice that justice has been done,” he said.
Ayatollah Raisi stated, “The government will focus on the will of the people in the path of justice, and wherever the will and interests of the people are in conflict with the will of some special group, the public will will take precedence”.
Emphasising that the people are dissatisfied with corruption and discrimination, and therefore the government should base its work on eliminating corruption and discrimination in the country’s administrative system, the president said, “The government should act according to justice and the people should closely monitor the government’s performance”.
In another part of his speech, the President mentioned paying attention to the dignity and improving the quality of teachers’ work, paying attention to providing appropriate education for students in the education system and paying attention to the education provided in kindergartens, among other government concerns in the education system.
Ayatollah Raisi went on to describe the government’s plan for economic reform, saying, “The day we took over the government, the $8 billion in the 1400 budget for the payment of the preferred currency was almost gone, but the government did its best to manage the supply of basic goods without shock to the market, in which the Supreme Leader also helped the government a lot”.
The President added, “There was no lack of coordination in this regard in different parts of the government and the government’s position in this regard was quite clear from the beginning. The economic team of the 13th government is working in high coordination to implement government policies and strengthen the national economy”.
Dr Raisi also talked about the document of the transformation of the Popular Government, saying, “16 think tanks and more than 500 experts in various fields gave expert opinions about this document”.
The President also clarified about the government’s plan to regulate the automobile industry, saying, “During my visit to Iran Khodro, I emphasised that the monopoly of the automobile industry in the country should be reformed as soon as possible”.
In the last part of his speech, Ayatollah Raisi emphasised the need for consensus and participation of all members of society to bring about change in the country.
The President stated, “We expect the university, as the think tank of the government, to formulate the system of the country’s problems and the seminaries to offer a solution to solve the country’s problems by relying on dynamic and civilisation-building jurisprudence”.
Source: Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran
