نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Objective: One of the fundamental challenges in the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the conflict and inconsistency between the two levels of internal oversight and external oversight in the accountability mechanism of political power. Internal oversight is based on piety, moral conscience, and a sense of individual responsibility before God, while external oversight is based on legal institutions, formal rules, and institutional and social oversight mechanisms. The main issue of the research is what consequences the prioritization and dominance of each of these two levels of oversight has for the quality of political accountability.
Research Method: The present research was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method and using content analysis of official documents and intellectual texts in the period from 1993 to 2003.
Findings: It shows that the dominance of internal oversight without institutional support leads to religious pretense, covert corruption, and reduced performance measurability; in contrast, the dominance of external oversight without strengthening moral conscience leads to the formalization of rules, soulless bureaucracy, and reduced motivation for responsibility. Accordingly, sustainable accountability in a religious political system requires the creation of a strategic balance and synergy between individual piety and legal and institutional mechanisms.
Conclusion: The analysis conducted in this article shows that the main issue of the oversight system in the Islamic Republic of Iran is not “absolute reliance on internal or external oversight,” but rather how to prioritize one of the two over the other and its structural consequences.In fact, both levels of oversight—internal and external—exist simultaneously in the governance structure; but the shifting weight of each has different effects on political accountability
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