Mayor of Tehran Mohammad Baqer GHALIBAF is worst mayor of world who donated ?300 billion Rials to Shiite people in Lebanon? while Iranian people are in dire of financial needs in order to overcome their economic hardship that they are facing day after day, and there is a Persian expression which suits this situation of Iranian people very well that when a candle can be use in its own home, there is no need to donate that candle to a mosque.
The Mayor of Tehran donated 300 billion Rials to the Shiite people in Lebanon and would like the fund to be use for schooling in the Lebanon, and he believed it was an insignificant amount of money for the Tehran?s municipality to donate to the Lebanon. He justified his decision under municipality budget code of 16 and 17 that the City could have donated the money when it deemed to be necessary.
The Mayor of Tehran was way out of line, and he was misleading public about code of 16 and 17. There was a code of 6 which specify that when, where and how funds would be allocated within the Tehran?s municipality. It would not take a wise person to figure out the code 6, it would be common sense that every municipality had its own legal jurisdiction and could enforce their bylaw or any other action within their own legal boundary, and had no legal authority outside of their legal jurisdiction. In addition, the Tehran?s municipality played low politics which would be about removing refusal, zoning bylaw, policing and other minor issues and regulations and would not be involve in high politics of donating money to another nation.
The Mayor of Tehran about a few months ago donated additional 25 million dollars to the Shiite group in Lebanon. It really means the IRI was financing the recent unrest in the Lebanon and had no intention of improving quality of education in the Lebanon.
The Mayor of Tehran has been ignoring Iranian people?s needs and has been providing financial assistance to the Shiite in Lebanon. It would be financially savvy decision for the Mayor of Tehran to overcome financial crisis of Iranian people that today in Iran are dealing with serious economic hardship. There are shocking statistics that reveals poverty in Iran prior of United Nations sanctions that there is a guess estimated about unemployment rate of 25% and inflation rate between 2002 and 2006 has been fluctuating between 12% and 16% and 53% of population is living below income cut off line. In March 2006 Export Development Canada reported that 10% of population is possessing 75% of Iran?s wealth and 90% is possessing 25% of Iran?s wealth.
The Mayor of Tehran ignored school children too, and school did not have budget to purchase a proper heating system which leaded to fire in one school and surviving victims left with emotional and physical pain until their natural life. There was no one for them to hug and kiss them and say that they were beautiful, there was no one to administer proper medicare to them that they were left on their own to overcome their pain, agony and nightmare which would occur at every time at night, and sometime cruel children would taunt them due to their physical scare. Indeed, when candle can be use in its own home, there is no need to donate to a mosque.
Therefore, the Mayor of Tehran is worst mayor of the world who has ignored economic needs of Iranian people and donating substantial amount of money to the Shiite people in Lebanon under pretext of educational improvement in the Lebanon. In fact, the money would have been used wisely in Iran, instead of causing social unrest in the Lebanon. Let ask Mayor of Tehran GHALIBAF did not the 1979 riot promise Iranian people social equality to everyone? What did happen to that Machiavelli promise of economic prosperity for everyone? And why these innocent children are ignored from medical treatment and proper and safe school environment since Iran is oil rich country?
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