Parliament Votes on Urgency of Re-establishing Ministry of Commerce

With today's vote by the Islamic Consultative Assembly approving the urgency of re-establishing the Ministry of Commerce, Ebrahim Raisi's government has taken a step closer to reviving the Ministry of Commerce. In today's session (Tuesday), representatives voted positively on the 'double urgency' of reviewing the bill for the formation of the Ministry of Commerce, which was sent to the parliament last week. Accordingly, under the internal regulations of the parliament, this bill must be reviewed and put to a vote within 48 hours. Any potential approval by the parliament also requires the confirmation of the Guardian Council. Last week, the government of the Islamic Republic, after much back and forth, archived the bill for the formation of a 'Commerce Organization' and approved the bill for the formation of a 'Ministry of Commerce' to be sent to the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Some experts and analysts have evaluated this government's action as a means to help maintain 'Fatemi Amin' in the government team, which had no real impact after the impeachment and dismissal of the Minister of 'Industry, Mine and Trade'. The establishment of the Ministry of Commerce was approved by the government while a similar bill for the creation of a 'Commerce and Market Regulation Organization' was sent to the parliament on February 6 of last year with a 'double urgency' signed by the president, with the aim of organizing the market and preventing unreasonable price increases. The merger of the two ministries of Industry and Mines and Commerce during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government faced much criticism, to the extent that 'Khabar Online' wrote about this issue: 'The merger of the Ministry of Industry and Mines and Commerce occurred after Mr. Ahmadinejad's eleven-day absence and was suddenly approved in the parliament without expert backing and without the opinion of the Research Center of the Parliament.' The re-establishment of the Ministry of Commerce was also raised during Hassan Rouhani's government, and even the bill for its formation was approved by the cabinet and presented to the parliament, but it failed to become law along the way. The establishment of a Commerce Organization; the government's confrontation with the parliament to evade oversight. Mohammad Mokhber's efforts for greater control over the economy; the establishment of a Commerce Organization in the Presidential Institution. Raisi's government's efforts to organize commercial affairs; this time the formation of a 'Ministry' instead of an 'Organization'.