Ahmadinejad is full of controversy. He's the president who does not
comes from a mullah that for decades has dominated
almost
all posts of power in Iran, the status quo is very dominant. He also
not from an elite close to power, does not have
track-record as a politician, and have only ascetic capital,
which for Iranian standards is already striking. He is a revolutionary
as true as Imam Khomeini with awesomeness
aura
different. If Imam Khomeini appears mystical and sufistis,
Ahamdinejad actually appear very populist, easy to reach anyone,
easy to understand and emulate. He is a distant figure of Khomeini
easier to
understood and imitated. He is an idol figure in real life.
A 'satria piningit' that manifests in a real figure.
Like his mentor, he is unaffected by power. Power
as if not touching the deepest characters. He seemed
has a 'multiple personality', on the one hand he can fight hard
to seize and manage power, and on the other hand he fights
just as hard as to refuse all the influence of power in order not to
affect his mind. Can not help it, with that character
thereby
the complex was a revolutionary like Ahmadinejad indeed
doomed
to make lots of surprises and drama to the world.
He trimmed all the fees and service facilities that are not
sine-qua-non especially with personal affairs. In his view,
for
realizing an advanced and prosperous Islamic society, state officials
must have the same standard of living as the common people.
reflects the real life of its people, and does not live on
ivory tower. It sets a new VAT for the rich and
use the funds to build housing for the poor. He
bring 'oil money to the plates of the poor' with the program
"Reza Love Fund" (Reza is the eighth Imam of the Shi'ah) with
allocated 1.3 billion dollars for the aid program for the community
young to get married, start a new business, and buy a house.
Though admiring Imam Khomeini and ascetic life does not mean him
conservative. He even appeared moderate. When asked if he will
curb the use of less Islamic headscarves among teenagers
Tehran, he replied, "People tend to think that back to
revolutionary values are just a matter of wearing a good headscarf.
The true problem of this nation is employment and housing for
all, not what to wear. "