e-commerce union elections will be held by January

Mina Mehrnoosh, head of the e-commerce union, announced that the elections of the e-commerce union will be held before January of this year

According to the IDEA, the elections of the e-commerce Union have been postponed for more than a year, and since eight months ago when Mina Mehrnoosh was appointed as the head of this union by the Ministry of Security, various organizations and associations have repeatedly called for elections to be held for the e-commerce Union became virtual.

Even in August 2022, a number of large internet businesses complained in a letter to the Minister of Security about the non-holding of elections for the Union of Virtual Businesses and demanded that these elections be held as soon as possible. The last election of the e-commerce union was canceled due to the division of the union into two distribution and service unions.

Now, Mina Mehrnoosh, the head of the e-commerce Union, says about holding the elections of the e-commerce Union: I myself am eager for these elections to be held as soon as possible and the role of the union to be determined in a better way, but the union itself has no role in holding the elections and this It is the Supreme Supervisory Board and the Ministry of Privacy that can do this.

In addition, I am fully aware that Alireza Shah Mirzaei, Deputy Minister of Security, and Gholam Ali Mahdavi, Secretary of the Supreme Supervisory Board, are also following the issue of the election. But there have been many challenges along this path, and this election has been postponed until now.

Mehrnoosh explains about the reason for postponing the elections: There were changes in the new system of guilds that added to the reason, but none of these reasons caused the seriousness and determination of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade officials to hold elections. Even the former minister of Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade Fatemi Amin and even the new minister Abbas Aliabadi have emphasized on this issue.

When will the e-commerce union elections be held?

According to Mehrnoosh, more important than the timing of elections is how they are held and the continuation of the process. He explains: The way these elections are held is a dimension of the process. But the result we will get from it is far more important than the time that will be set for this election.

Since I have been the head of the e-commerce Union for the past 8 months, I am very eager for these elections to be held as soon as possible, and I think that these elections will be held within the next month, even I estimate that the elections will be held before January.

According to Mehrnoosh, now all the departments and officials are looking to hold elections and if the specialized procedure goes right, there is not a long way to holding the elections. He adds: When it comes to the limits and responsibilities of the union, it means that we have a big and sensitive issue in front of us.

The union of virtual businesses is a specialized work, determining the category, determining the order on the one hand, but on the other hand, innovative discussions in virtual businesses make the dimensions of the story more sensitive. In general, there are so many new businesses in the field of virtual businesses and the Internet that licensing is not an easy task.

According to Mehrnoosh, according to the new business models, there is no special work from the Union of Virtual Businesses to grant permission. He continues: This is not the way to give a license to a trade union, and in the end, if only a few consumers are harmed by the fraud of a small fee, this is not a joking matter. It is not possible to authorize someone for a job with just general qualifications and personal identity checks.

For example, some time ago someone claimed on Twitter why the e-commerce union did not license his business. This person’s business was selling meters of land. Put yourself in my place and the e-commerce union as a whole. If one percent of this person or any business they are involved with millions and billions of money, they want to commit fraud. What tools do I have in the union to detect this?

What is the solution?

Mehrnoosh believes that the solution to this problem is the formation of professional expert groups in the Ministry of Security and the Supreme Supervisory Board and explains: artificial intelligence technologies and authentication tools and tools that can be used to validate and permits issued by higher institutions can be used in this field. Be a pioneer.

In fact, if we are going to be on the side of the union of virtual businesses, then we should use both technologies and experts in this field. It is not a simple matter to say whether or not to give permission to this business. There should be a tool or overhead permissions that the union can issue permissions with their visibility.