raptor22
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People should be qualified even as principle in a school or when get a job that's why we have job interviews let alone standing as president , it's the same for a person who wants to stand as candidate in an election .. Iran constitution allows all people to enroll for the competition (even if you are a 2 years person) and also a council to verify their qualifications which again is written in the constitution ... so do you expect the council qualify a 2 years girl as a candidate?COUNCIL OF GUARDIANS
Twelve jurists comprise the Council of Guardians, six of whom are appointed by the Supreme Leader. The head of the judiciary recommends the remaining six, which are officially appointed by Parliament.
The Council of Guardians is vested with the authority to interpret the constitution and determines if the laws passed by Parliament are in line with sharia (Islamic law). This means that the council has effective veto power over Parliament. If it deems that a law passed by Parliament is incompatible with the constitution or sharia, it is referred back to Parliament for revision.
The council also examines presidential and parliamentary candidates to determine their fitness. At times, the council has dramatically winnowed the field of candidates. In the 1997 presidential election, for example, only four out of the 230 declared candidates made it to the ballot.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/inside/govt.html
Iran just have too many councils, so it is difficult to compare..
As for Canada and Ehgland..the prime minister is elected by the public.. but the Queen is very far from this process..
these 2 enrolled as presidential candidates in resent election while they even don't qualify to vote due to their age let alone standing as a candidate :
On the Council of Guardians, first of all they check if the laws passed by the parliament are in line with constitution or not ('cause MPs are not experts in Law they are ordinary people chosen by ordinary people with different majors but they all have to have MS) it doesn't mean that they change them they say specifically this law is against that part of constitution and it's logical parliament shouldn't pass law against the letter of constitution ... moreover the council could refer back a law to parliament and then parliament could insist on the law ..
Show me when people in the UK have chosen prime minister or elected by the pubilc...