Speaking to Khabar Online, Hosseinian who is a key backer of the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Majlis, however rejected what VP Mohammad Reza Rahimi claimed about the Parliament (Majlis) decision on executing subsidy reform plan.
Earlier Rahimi had said what passed by the Majlis on implementing subsidy reform plan based on the 200 trillion rials (20 billion dollars) revenue not 400 trillion rials proposed by the government, was a politically motivated act.
On the other hand Hosseinian commented: "But the Parliament's move confirmed the idea of Mr. Ahmadinejad was correct."
He referred to what the President said when he attended a meeting in the Parliament as it was considering subsidy reform bill, "Mr. Ahmadinejad then believed that the bill must be considered as an independent package, otherwise the Majlis will allocate a part of the revenue gained from executing the plan to the needy organizations," the MP said.
"The Parliament ratified the bill yesterday allotting 1 trillion rials to Iran's Welfare Organization, it proved the anticipation of Mr. Ahmadinejad was correct that the Majlis initiative for implementing the plan will attain no aim," he added.
"It's not clear which portion of the government's revenue will be channeled to other sectors by the Parliament, so I believe implementing subsidy reform bill is against our interests," Hosseinian pointed out.
Answering a question, how the administration can avoid executing a bill passed by the Parliament, the head of the Islamic Revolution faction of the Parliament said: "Although the bill has become a law, a way must be explored to halt its execution, since enforcing this law in its current form will simply add to the problems."
He further said: "As the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei coordinates the interactions between state branches of the country, a method must be found to annul implementing subsidy reform bill."
The government of Ahmadinejad is to raise the prices of energy carriers and compensate low income Iranian families with direct cash payments. But analysts as well as the lawmakers say it may stoke inflation even up to 50 percent..
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