Ahmadinejad may have to face vote of confidence
The protests may have slowed down, but Iran and it’s government hierarchy are still in turmoil. This Sunday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired two members of his cabinet. Many are seeing this act as another indicator that conservatives within Iran are at odds over how best to handle the protests following the controversial and contested election.
According to Iranian law, any president who fires 11 members of his cabinet must face a vote of confidence before the Iranian parliament. The two firings, according to CNN.com, would put Ahmadinejad past this threshold.
However, it is unclear whether both men will remain dismissed, or if one will return to avoid the vote of
confidence. The Iranian state media is claiming that only one person was really let go.
Back in the U.S., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held firmly to the White House’s position on Iran’s protests saying that the country’s future “is really for the people to decide.”
Read CNN.com’s: Ahmadinejad may face vote of confidence in parliament