Mohammad-Saleh Jokar, Chairman of the Parliamentary Councils Committee, told Khaneh Mellat that the Parliament’s oversight sessions evaluating the government’s implementation of the first year of the Seventh Development Plan constituted a warning signal and a wake-up alert for the government.
He added: the Parliament’s examination of the government’s one-year performance in implementing the Plan Law sent the message that the government must always feel the Parliament’s supervisory umbrella above its head and remain vigilant.

The Chairman of the Councils Committee stated: these sessions conveyed the message that all executive bylaws of the Development Plan Law must be drafted and implemented, weaknesses must be addressed, and strengths must be reinforced.

Jokar noted: the distinction between the Seventh Development Plan and previous development laws is that Article 118 of the Seventh Plan provides for annual oversight of the government’s performance in implementing the plan.

He added: in previous five-year development laws, a comprehensive review of the government’s performance was conducted only after five years, and in some cases—such as the Sixth Development Plan—we saw that only around thirty percent of the law had been implemented.

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Councils Committee stated: after one year since the beginning of the Plan’s implementation, the Parliament’s specialized committees reviewed the performance of various executive bodies, submitted their reports to the Parliament floor, and the ministers appeared before Parliament to provide explanations.
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