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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (497)	12/5/2003 11:01:36 PM
From: ChinuSFO	of 504

People's choice must prevail 04/12/2003 As Iran prepares to go to the polls in February, influential voices are calling for a climate of pluralism. President Mohammed Khatami himself is urging the powerful conservative faction not to veto candidates as has happened in the past two elections. Khatami, who has given the world a lesson in patience and pragmatism, will obviously be eager to give his huge constituency, especially the young, more hope with faster reform, which guarantees popular participation in nation-building. The most tangible benefits of the Islamic republic's revolution must necessarily be free and fair representation of the people's choices. As the president's brother, Mohammed Reza Khatami, who heads Iran's largest reformist party points out, the promises of the 1979 Islamic revolution can be kept only if the unelected institutions, which wield extraordinary power, give the reformists a chance to realise the aspirations of the people. The continuing power struggle will impede progress on all fronts. gulf-news.com

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