TEHRAN (P.I.N.) – Deputy head of Management and Planning Organization (MPO) for infrastructural affairs, Mohammad Mehdi Rahmati, criticized recent changes in MPO's plans aimed at allocating part of oil revenues deposited in the Forex Reserve Fund for current expenses of the government, but opined that the MPO was not to blame.

"Our organization is only responsible for making proposals and … approving laws and regulations is a duty of the Cabinet, Majlis, Guardian Council and the Expediency Council," he noted.

Referring to Majlis' approval for allocating 900 million dollars from the Forex Reserve Fund to payment of overdue demands of the employees of Education Ministry, he noted that MPO believed that the Fund should be used for investment in infrastructural affairs.

"Unfortunately, decision-making bodies do not pay attention to expert views of Management and Planning Organization," he said.