TEHRAN - Guardian Council spokesperson Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaii has said the proposal to establish a national election committee is not feasible due to legal and procedural hurdles.

It will not be possible to create a new institution not envisaged in the Constitution, Kadkhodaii told reporters on Saturday.
“The creation of new institutions will not lead to any clear outcome,” he observed.
“We need a comprehensive electoral law to address any weaknesses and deficiencies in elections, and I hope such a law will soon be ratified, with the cooperation of the administration and the Majlis,” he added.
Commenting on Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaii’s proposal to bar the ruling administration from interfering in elections, he said, “The electoral bodies and those responsible for supervising elections are appointed from among the people.
“The Guardian Council is not affiliated to any of the three branches (of government), and hence there is no problem with the institutions currently supervising electoral affairs.”
Rezaii has put forward a proposal calling for the establishment of a national election committee to prevent the faction in power from interfering in the electoral process.
Rather than establishing new institutions, there is a need to work on the cultural aspects of elections, Kadkhodaii noted.
“More than anything else, today we need to respect the law,” he added.
Election candidates should accept the people’s decision and refrain from illegal actions if they lose, Kadkhodaii stated