Matin Research Journal

Matin Research Journal

The Condition of the “Majority’s Consent” in Forming a Government and Its Continuity in Imam Khomeini’s Viewpoint

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Abbas Emadi 1
Alireza Qasemi 2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 MA (Mining engineering), Shahrood Technical University, Shahrood, Iran.
10.22034/matin.2023.375499.2120
Abstract
One of the important issues in political jurisprudence, is the condition of the consent of majority for the adoption of the position of public guardianship (Velayat Ameh) by a qualified jurisprudent. This research is an attempt to study this issue based on Imam Khomeini’s works and statements, as the theoretician and founder of a religious government in Iran. The main question of this research is as follows: What is the role of the majority’s consent in legitimation and continuity of a qualified jurisprudent. According to some notions, if a just jurisprudent, with the support and cooperation of some groups of people, who are in minority, is able to form a government, he is dutybound to take practical action in this regard. But the analysis of the collected data for this research shows that in Imam Khomeini’s viewpoint, although the majority’s consent does not have an effective role in proving the public guardianship, it is a rational and canonical condition for assuming the position of guardianship. "Relying on public votes", "right to self-determination of the people", "paying attention to the majority vote" and "negation of coercive rule" are four important pillars in the statements of Imam Khomeini about the role of the people which obviously bind the ruling of the jurist to the consent of the majority The necessary data for this research were collected from library sources, including Imam’s Sahifa and were analyzed through continent analysis method.
 
Keywords
Imam Khomeini
Political legitimacy
majority vote
right to rule
rule of jurisprudent

Subjects

  • -        Arasta. M. J. (2000). Respect to Public Opinion and People's view from Imam Ali's point of view. Islamic Government Quarterly Journal, 5(17), 110-126 https://ensani.ir/fa/article/81828-        Arasta. M. J. (2005). People and Formation of Islamic Government. Islamic Government Quarterly Journal, 1(2), 85-114. https://ensani.ir/file/download/article/20120327155744-4017-19.pdf

    • H. (2002). Democracy lessons for everyone.Tehran: Negahemoaser. [In Persian]
    • M. M. (2001). The Role of People in Religious Government. Islamic Government Quarterly Journal. 6(19), 203-210. https://ensani.ir/fa/article/81991
    • M. (1995). Measuring the Concept of Legitimacy and Trust. Translated by Parviz Piran, Journal of Political and Economic Information, 10(97-98), 4-10. https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/93485
    • Fathi, Y. (2023). A Study of the Components of Republicanism with Emphasis on Sahifeh-ye Imam Khomeini through Thematic Analytical Method. Matin Research Journal. 25(101). 31 – 63 doi: 22034/matin.2023.357496.2086
    • Freund, J.Y. (1989). Sociology of Max Weber. Translated by Abdul Hossein Nik Gohar. Tehran: Raizan [In Persian]
    • S. M. (2008). The Constitutional Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Sovereignty and political Institutions. Tehran: Mizan, 20th edition. [In Persian]
    • D. (1990). Models of democracy. Translated by Abbas Mokhbar, Tehran: Roshangaran [In Persian]
    • A. (2000). Velayat -e Faqih; Divine Sovereignty of the People. Islamic Government Quarterly Journal, 5(15), 182 – 212. https://ensani.ir/fa/article/83893
    • Javadi Amoli. A. (2000). Velayat -e Faqih. Qom: Asra [In Persian]
    • Khomeini, S. R. (2010). Collection of Imam works. Tehran: Institute for Compilation and publication of Imam Khomeini’s works. [In Persian]
    • S. R. (1948). Kashf Asrar. Tehran: Eslamiyeh Bookstore [In Persian]
    • H. (1988). Studies on the Guardianship of the Jurist and the jurisprudence of the Islamic State. Qom: Tafakor [In Arabic]
    • M. & Eftekhari. A. (2019). Essential Factors of Legitimacy in Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist from Imam Khomeini's Perspective. Journal of Islamic Revolution Researches, 8(30), 209-231. dor:20.1001.1.23222573.1398.8.30.10.4
    • R & Mottaghi. M. (2023). The Formal and Substantive Requirements of the Republic in the System of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Matin Research Journal, 25(100), 113 – 143. doi: 10.22034/matin.2022.282777.1872
    • J. (2008). The Role of the People in the Legitimacy of Governance. Islamic Government Quarterly Journal, 13(49), 141 – 168. https://ensani.ir/file/download/article/20120329151844-5049-19.pdf