According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, the 11th meeting of the Iranian Chamber of Deputies was held in the presence of Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Gholamhossein Shafei, head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry, noted at the meeting: "The private sector has been eliminated due to unfair competition in many areas and there is no level playing field."

Criticizing the destructive duplication between national security and the economy, he said the solution to the country's economic problems depended on the implementation of resistance economic policies, according to the Supreme Leader.

The full text of the speech of the President of the Iran Chamber is as follows:

First of all, I need to thank the efforts of the esteemed members of parliament, specialized commissions, the research center and the members of the esteemed integration commission for their tireless efforts to review the budget bill of the entire country.

Examining the approvals of the Joint Commission, such as reducing the tax rate on profits of legal entities, contains positive messages to pay attention to the productive sector of the country's economy. However, the effects of some decisions, such as increasing the price of fuel and electricity for a significant part of the industry or increasing the price of currency, need to be further examined. Therefore, I ask the esteemed Speaker of the Parliament to order the economic activists to present their points during a meeting.

Since its inauguration in June of this year, the 11th Majlis has always considered issues such as improving the business environment and promoting economic indicators as its main programs. The implementation of these programs requires tools and mechanisms, the most important of which are the adoption of the law and, most importantly, the exercise of supervision.

One of the shortcomings that has become apparent in the legislative system, especially in recent years, is the enactment of numerous laws on issues that previously existed in the legal system or similar content but have not yet been implemented.

The legislative approach instead of the regulatory approach has caused the legal system to not only not solve the current problem due to the lack of a drafting and revision process, but also to increase the burden of laws, regulations and inflation of laws.

This is while, according to the words of the esteemed speaker of the parliament in the days of the inauguration of the 11th parliament (TV interview on July 15, 1999), you emphasized: "Between legislation and supervision, priority is given to supervision." Your Excellency, in a meeting with members of the Guardian Council (June 12, 1999), you emphasized: "We are determined to change the priority of the parliament from legislation to oversight, because in many cases we do not need a new law and with careful oversight, problems in implementation are resolved. "People also trust the system."

Unfortunately, contrary to the approach of the esteemed Speaker of the House, the evidence shows that instead of focusing on the use of oversight tools, ideas and goals are pursued by presenting multiple plans.

Recently, in one of the reports of the Parliamentary Research Center, in the first six months of the parliament's activity from June 1999 to the end of November 1999, out of 271 plans and bills received, 178 were (66%) and in the last eight months, the parliament counted 379. Was the case; While in the whole ninth period 697 and in the whole tenth period 721 plans and bills have been announced.

Legislation is a process that is based on a variety of prerequisites and requirements, and takes place through formalities including drafting, final approval, and performance appraisal. Submitting legal proposals without evaluating and conducting detailed expert work on the effects of the proposed provisions in economic, social, political and environmental terms and hastening the conversion of proposals into law without considering their executive requirements leads to the adoption of poor quality and sometimes contradictory laws. Will have no effect.

A picture of Iran's economy and the repetition of policy mistakes

Despite the fact that 15 years have passed since the issuance of the 20-year vision document, the assessment of the trend of important economic variables during the late 1990s is not only completely unfavorable compared to the mid-1980s when the document was announced by the Supreme Leader, but also compared to Vision countries report poor performance.

Achieving an average rank of 16 among the total indicators of economic, health, education, social welfare among 24 countries in the field of vision document in 2019 indicates the country's failure to achieve the first rank in the region.

According to the Statistics Center of Iran, the average economic growth of nearly zero during the 1990s indicates that the country is caught in a trap of limited growth and disproportionate to the goals of the vision document, which is estimated at 8% annual growth. This caused the country's economy to shrink by about 11 percent last year compared to 1396, and in the last years of this decade we are witnessing a deepening of the recession.

High average and double-digit inflation has become a structural problem of the economy, recording 34.4% inflation last year and 30.5% inflation in the first 9 months of this year confirms the loss of inflation control.

Record negative growth of 12.3 percent and negative 5.9 percent in the formation of gross domestic fixed capital during the two years 1397 and 1398 means that there is no incentive to invest in the inflamed environment of the country and unfortunately for the first time in the history of the economy last year, capital depreciation The rate of capital formation increased.

Consecutive shocks to key rates such as the exchange rate and the announcement of numerous approvals and directives in the areas of currency, monetary, financial and trade in recent years have acted in such a way that economic actors do not have a bright future. Lack of planning horizon will lead to capital outflow from the country.

According to central bank statistics, the net capital account has always been negative in the last 4 years. Meanwhile, neighboring countries have considered various incentives to attract foreign investment, and the Iranian investor can easily invest in other countries.

 Dear Dr. Qalibaf!

In view of the above, the Seventh Development Plan is the last chance to achieve the goals of the 20-year vision document, and the process of drafting this plan is at a time when the economy and society are in a very sensitive situation that is unprecedented in the history of this land.

This situation requires that the future policies of the country be chosen intelligently and away from repeated trials and errors, so it is necessary that the process of preparing and approving the seventh development plan be done without haste and based on expert work with fundamental changes in thinking. Be done about program missions and expectations.

The Iran Chamber, as a representative of the private sector and advisor to the three powers, is based on pathology and, taking into account the current state of the country's economy and in order to achieve the desired and development-oriented model, calls for change management in the Seventh Development Plan. It is imperative that the future of the country's economy is not caught up in the repetition of the failed experiences of previous development programs.

Implement the general policies of Article 44, strengthen the private sector and production

In recent years, the Supreme Leader has repeatedly emphasized that the only gateway for the transmission of life, light and energy to the country is the one that opens to the country, and producers are the breakers and the forefront of domestic production and economic prosperity and public welfare. .

Through this passage, he led the way for the officials of the country and the parliament in policy-making. At the same time, serious policy-making efforts are not seen in favor of the productive sectors of the country's economy, and the main slogans and decisions of the officials have the color and smell of various subsidies, and not the strengthening of production.

In a meeting with a group of producers, he strongly advised public non-governmental organizations and said: in economic affairs, they should not compete with the private sector at all; Enter places where the private sector does not have the necessary power, facilities or desire; If the private sector enters after a while, public non-governmental organizations will migrate from there to a more remote and more difficult place and work and invest there and avoid competing with the private sector. In practice, we see that the private sector has been eliminated due to unfair competition in many areas, and the ground is not smooth for activity.

Put aside expediency in presenting a realistic picture of problems and the economy

The economic problems of the society have become so obvious that any expediency can not hide it. The root of the problems must be seen in economics and the roots of economics in production; The roots of production success must also be seen in the private sector; But we can not see this developmental sequence in Iran continuously and steadily in the context of time.

Numerous indicators published by the official organizations of the country show that we have nothing to say in the economy and we can not consider ourselves a player in the economic field. This feature, however, is the opposite of our country's potential political and security capabilities. Numerous official indicators show that the state of production is not at such a level as to contribute to economic resilience. Historical experience also shows that the official institutions and structures of the country have not been the consolidator of production except in a few periods. Iran's historical experience shows that the private sector of production has not been worthy of its dignity, and on the contrary, wherever the opportunity arises, the private sector of production, and especially the real type, has been hit.

In all periods, many private sector activists have done their duty in the national interest; Especially in difficult times such as the imposed war, when both the Imam and the Supreme Leader have repeatedly praised the activists and the sacrifices of the producers. Even in recent years, the country's official published indicators clearly acknowledge the outstanding service of the private sector in the important issue of employment. For example, the statistical yearbook of 1397 shows that from 1380 to 1397, the share of the private sector in employment has increased from 77.8% to 84.5. Even in the difficult conditions of sanctions.

According to Article 44 of the Constitution, the country's economic system is based on three sectors: public, cooperative and private, with regular and correct planning. However, despite numerous criteria, none of the executive and legislative bodies value the private sector and cooperatives. Although they are very nice professionals, they do what they want in every action.

Unfortunately, it can be seen that in the internal decision-making system and the governing system, this right is not given to the private sector to participate in decision-making, but more and more of this sector is beaten in different ways and even the small past privileges are removed one by one. An important part of the root of the country's problems can be seen in this fact.

Inappropriate indicators are not hidden while huge resources have been provided for the country. As an astonishing example, since the embargo began in 2006, $ 1,425 billion in foreign exchange resources have been provided directly to the country. Isn't it unfortunate that the country is now trapped in the billions of dollars of resources left in a country?

One of the important roots of such a situation in the economy is the lack of attention to the words of the leadership on February 20, 1985, which have considered the main basis of the economy in increasing national wealth and then its fair distribution and the former as the second condition. But by placing them without the presence of the private sector under the words "sovereign decision" and the like, it is feared that by distributing various resources, they have sought other purchases than the development of the country.

The result of such an event is manifested in incomplete contradictory laws, and by referring to the instructions of the executive branch, we often encounter the security of laws and instructions, which sometimes even affect the existing laws. On the other hand, the same faint role of the ornament of the private sector councils is disappearing one by one. For example, out of about 12 members of the Monetary and Credit Council, only one vote belongs to the private sector and one vote to the cooperative sector. In this regard, pay attention to the role of this sector in the employment of the country. The same amount of presence in the banking plan of the esteemed parliament has been eliminated; There is only one seat for the private sector in the Command Headquarters of the Resistance Economy with more than 30 members; The situation is the same in the Economic Council and other assemblies and councils.

The way to save the country's economy depends on production. The way to save production and exports is to strengthen the real and committed private sector. Of course, there may also be corrupt economic activists in manufacturing and the private sector, and we strongly believe in severe punishment for these stigmas.

The result of such procedures is the turmoil in the market of our country's current economic problems, much of which is inefficiency in decision-making. Therefore, we should put aside expediency in presenting the real problems and our economy, because the solution to recognizing the problems and mistakes and the consensus of the academic elite and the real private sector, not in words but in deeds, must be achieved.

I conclude with a statement by the Supreme Leader in the statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution, who said: "The economy is a key decisive point. "A strong economy is a strong point and an important factor in the country's invincibility, and a weak economy is a weak point that paves the way for the influence and domination of the enemies."

Emphasis is placed on strengthening the country's independent economy based on high-quality mass production, equitable distribution, efficient consumption, and wise management relationships.

He sees the solution as implementing the policies of the resistance economy. While he makes such clear and precise statements, we are facing a destructive dichotomy between national security and the country's economy. As the Supreme Leader has said, security is not only against the country's economy, but also an important aspect of the country's power. The need for more than seventy million people to receive subsidies, economic growth close to zero in the last ten years and the instability of economic variables affected by exchange rates and inflation, will not increase the country's security, but create economic growth, increase investment and increase employment Which creates wealth; This should be done by the country's entrepreneurs, and this group has some clear recommendations for all policymakers.

Promote the rule of law in the country; Do not decide the mood of the hour and do not turn the law backwards.

In a one-year law, do not violate the country's long-term obligations in taxes and input prices, etc .; Investigate violations in accordance with the law; Do not enslave the productive class of the country to the directives of a number of salaried brokers who do not have any experience in business. Listen to the real and healthy private sector. We have high hopes for you and your parliament.

* ILNA