Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili says the next administration should pave the way for the public to make their presence felt in all arenas.
Å“Public participation is not only for elections. If we want to make real progress … we should develop the potential of people from all walks of life in all sectors,” Jalili said in an address in a mosque in the city of Arak on Thursday.
Å“The main duty of the government is to do its utmost to bring out these potentialities in full,” Jalili, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Jalili said resource-rich Iran will not progress under wrong policies.
Å“Today, we have great potential in different fields, but if the executive bodies fail to manage these potentialities correctly, it will backfire,” the Principlist candidate stressed.
He cited unemployment and inflation as the Iranian peopleâ„¢s major concerns, blaming the mismanagement of liquidity and production for the rising prices.
He said that the country has what it takes to develop a robust economy if it adopts proper management practices, just as it succeeded in developing a civilian nuclear energy program.
Jalili currently faces seven rivals in the upcoming presidential election, namely former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, lawmaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, President of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Hassan Rohani, former First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref, and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi.
Iranians will go to the polls on June 14 to elect the countryâ„¢s 11th president.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV