AMMAN — On
Monday, Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh extended the provisions of Defense
Order No. 28 for the year 2021, issued under the provisions of Defense Law No.
13 for the year 1992, related to the imprisonment of debtors, until December
31, 2022.
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The decision
seems to have sparked widespread disagreement, with supporters saying that it
is a correct decision, in view of to the difficult economic conditions, and
opponents claiming that it will deprive creditors of the legitimate right to
recover their money from debtors or of to take legal action against them.
Attorney Anas
Al-Da’aja told
Jordan News that “the extension of the defense order
interferes with the court’s peremptory decisions”, adding that “this is a clear
violation of the financial rights of Jordanians, and a clear violation of what
was stated in the Royal request, which ordered the defense law to be
implemented in the narrowest scope and to ensure respect for private property”.
According to
attorney Hassan Al-Hattab, “the decision was right, in view of the current
economic circumstances”.
“It also gives
the government an opportunity to work on amending legislation that guarantees
rights and equality between two parties,” he said, adding that “the government
should announce its future intention regarding an extension so as not to freeze
the economy”.
MP Farid Haddad
said that the government issued the decision because it “is unable to provide
solutions and is trying to avoid the crisis by extending the defense order”.
Haddad told
Jordan
News that “the government resorted to extending the defense order to
protect itself, in light of the current circumstances resulted from the
COVID-19 pandemic”.
“I wish that the
government had given a serious indication of its unwillingness to extend the
order again, so that there is an opportunity to repay the debt and secure
rights,” he pointed out.
He stressed that
“all we fear today is that people will resort to taking what is rightfully
theirs through thuggery”.
Moreover, he
said, the government resorted to extending the defense order because prisons do
not have the capacity to accommodate more inmates.
MP Zainab
Al-Mousa told
Jordan News that “this decision was taken in view of the
current conditions, resulting from the pandemic”.
She stressed that
“the economic situation has become more difficult due to the decline in
purchasing power, high prices, high rates of poverty and unemployment”,
reiterating that it may be a solution to the overcrowding in prisons.
She added that “this
decision should achieve balance, provided that it takes into account the most
affected groups and ensures that the financial rights of individuals and
institutions are not violated”.
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