TEHRAN (IRNA) - The Spokesman for Iran’s Guardians Council Abbasali Kadkhodaie said on Saturday that an speedy revision of the election law was necessary but the council opposed any hasty and short-term measures that could adversely affect the interests of the country.

He told IRNA in an exclusive interview that one important factor to be taken into consideration in this regard was that what authority and in what way would undertake the revising process.
Elaborating on the point, the spokesman pointed to parts of the Iranian Constitution, which hold the parliament responsible for making any revisions in election laws, but noted that some had already suggested that other bodies like the Expediency Council could take over the task.
He called on Iranian parliament members to take precise moves following sufficient considerations if they wanted to introduce any revisions to the election law.
According to the GC official, one particular point the present election law failed to elaborate was the “early” campaigns some election candidates indulged in. He said while the law was eloquent enough in specifying the time to end the campaigns, it was quite silent on measures taken by some candidates prior to the official start of the campaigns which might in some way or the other affect the election procedure.
He further stressed the urgent need for a fully computerized election process but said the GC had received no specific program or software from the Interior Ministry yet to monitor the elections.
Pointing out that the Interior Ministry has so far made no official announcement on its readiness to computerize the next election process, Kadkhodaie said the monitoring boards assigned by the Guardians Council were quite ready for computerized election process.
According to the spokesman, a special committee formed by the Guardians Council, the Interior Ministry and other related organizations was currently considering the regulations to determine the eligibility of those who seek candidacy in next presidential elections.
He said the GC, regardless of the “number” of candidates in the elections, would scrutinize the candidates’ backgrounds.