‘President should pick cabinet members based on their competence’

July 19, 2009 - 0:0

TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadimejad should choose competent persons for his new cabinet regardless of their political persuasions, Sharif Hosseini of the Majlis Industry and Mines Committee stated here on Saturday.

After the elections Ahmadinejad invited experts to help him in managing the country.
“In fact, the president has taken a new approach. He has put the use of all potentials… on his agenda,” he told the Mehr News Agency.
Meanwhile Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy committee member Hossein Naqavi has said the president should also pick critical and moderate conservatives for his cabinet.
He added that Ahmadinejad held numerous meetings with experts during his first term in office, and the president is determined to make use of all experts in administering the country