Daily praises Salamati's tactic
Daily praises Salamati's tactic: "Islamic Coalition Association files suit against SalamatiTehran, Dec 14, IRNA -- The Islamic Coalition Association has filed a suit with Justice Department in Tehran province against the secretary general of the Islamic Revolution's Mujahedin Organization, Mohammad Salamati over his recent remarks on the alleged appeal for impeaching President Mohammad Khatami on grounds of incompetency, a press report said here Thursday.
The Persian daily Entekhab quoted a member of the association, Mohammad Reza Taraqi as saying that it had filed the suit on Tuesday against Salamati since he had charged the association with preparing a petition for President Khatami's impeachment.
"The Islamic Coalition Association, in a complaint filed with the Justice Department yesterday, has asked it to sue Salamati over his charges against the association," the paper quoted Taraqi as saying.
He once again dismissed allegations that the association had brought up a petition in the supreme court over Khatami's political incompetence.
"Based on an article published in the weekly Shoma, one cannot infer that a petition on the president's inefficiency had been brought up. The article was merely asking state officials to look at the issue of constitutional violations which Mr. Khatami had referred to," the paper cited Taraqi.
He said Salamati was trying to use the Islamic Revolution's Mujahedin Organiation as a scapegoat to implement the `move for sidelining Khatami'.
Salamati, in his part, has denied accusing `right-wingers' of preparing to impeach the president, saying his remarks had been misrepresented.
"I have not made such a claim," he said recently adding, "I did not say a petition on the president's incompetence has been submitted to the Supreme Court."
"What I said is that it is possible to interpret this move in a way that may condemn Khatami," he told the Doran-e-Emrouz newspaper."
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