"For sure, the parliament is the supporter of the government" he noted implying that the parliament favored most of the president's proposed candidates for ministerial posts.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani pose with the proposed cabinet during a press conference after parliament voted on his new cabinet in Tehran, capital of Iran on Sept. 3, 2009. [Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua]

On Monday, Larijani called on lawmakers to give a vote of confidence to Ahmadinejad's new 21-member cabinet candidates.

Addressing the closing session of the parliament Monday, Larijani asked the members of parliament to give a vote of confidence to the cabinet nominees regarding their qualifications.

On Thursday, almost majority of the parliament representatives said the vote that they cast after a 5-day-long debate in the parliament, was fully studied, democratic and the outcome of their vote would have constructive results for the country.

After the voting was over, Hamid Parsaiee, a lawmaker, said that "Although some nominees could not gain the confidence vote, the output was a sign of (new) cabinet's efficiency."

Lawmakers cast their votes of confidence to new proposed ministers in Teheran, capital of Iran, Sept. 3, 2009. [Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua]

Seyyed Hossein Naqavi, the member of Foreign Policy and National Security Commission of the parliament, said that "New era of cooperation has started between the parliament and the government."

Hamid Reza HajBabaiee, the member of administrative board of the parliament, said "The relationship between the government and the parliament is broader."

Referring to the live broadcast of the lawyers' debate on the qualifications of the proposed nominees, HajBabaiee added that "The world witnessed the democracy in the parliament's debates," according to the State TV IRIB.