President Ahmadinejad Threatened Punishment Whips 74 Times

                            

TEHRAN, KOMPAS.com - Due to accompany Iranian Presidential Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie to register as a presidential candidate to the Interior Ministry on Saturday (11/05/2013), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to be caned. So says Iran Election Supervisory Commission.

Various Iranian media display photos Ahmadinejad and Esfandiar middle shook hands and raised their hands and form a symbol "V" aka victory.

Problem with Ahmadinejad's arrival to the Interior Ministry, said Mashaie, Ahmadinejad at the moment he just accompanied him off work. Thus Reuters reported.

However, based on reports of Iranian news website, Khabar Online , Monday (13/05/2013), President Ahmadinejad in Ministry Foreign Affairs is introducing a person as a candidate in the presidential election.

Abbas Ali Kadkhodai, spokesman for the Guardian Council, the advisory body board, unanimously agreed that the action of President Ahmadinejad to introduce a presidential candidate against the rules and is a criminal acts.

"We reported this fact to the judicial council," said Kadkhodai.

Guardian Council is a body consisting of scholars and judges who inspect and oversee all candidates in the presidential election.

Iran Election laws prohibit the use of all the facilities and resources of the state to oppose or support a presidential candidate. Another rule is to prohibit a public official openly supporting a candidate.

Iranian media writes, a person found to have violated the rules of the electoral law could face six months in prison or flogging 74 times.

Mehr news agency reported, Kadkhodai said violations of election laws could adversely affect Esfandiar for nomination.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has been in power two terms do not can no longer run for a third term in the presidential election of Iran to be held on 14 June.