AMMAN — Politicians
contacted by
Jordan News highlighted the importance of
His Majesty King Abdullah’s Speech from the Throne, delivered on Sunday at the inauguration of
the second ordinary session of the 19th Parliament, and stressed that it should
serve as a road map for the legislative and executive authorities who should
boost cooperation in order to achieve the King’s vision of a better Jordan.
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The speech, they
said, is a call on the authorities to implement policies and projects, and to
take bold and deliberate decisions that have the national interest at heart and
aim to improve the standard of living of citizens.
Political expert
Zaid Nawaiseh said that the speech emphasized from the outset the principled
stand the country has adopted on different issues, and instructed “continued
flexible cooperation between the legislative and executive authorities”.
His Majesty, he
said, talked about the vision for political, economic, and public
administration modernization, “and this makes the speech a road map toward achieving
the desired goals for the advancement of Jordan at various levels”.
The King, he said,
also highlighted the importance of ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine,
since the Palestinian people cannot be economically empowered without an end to
the occupation.
His Majesty
stressed that the comprehensive modernization of the country’s political,
economic, and administrative aspects
“constitutes a major national project, around which all national goals must
revolve, and efforts and resources must be harnessed to achieve it”, former MP
and minister Mejhem Al Khreisha said.
Professor of
Political Science Hani Al-Sarhan said that the speech “heralds distinguished
parliamentary work, reflects royal visions and aspirations, and directs greater
levels of cooperation between the legislative and executive authorities.
The speech, he
said, came after government and Senate reshuffles done to keep pace with the
royal desire to see political, economic and administrative modernization and
development, and “reformulates the national discourse to match the nature of
the stage, and the magnitude of internal and external challenges”.
According to
Sarhan, the speech “is a good start for a clear economic vision, firm and
resolute decisions, and an unprecedented openness to investment, accompanied by
administrative reforms”.
At the same time, “the Speech from the Throne dealt in depth
with Jordan’s position on the Palestinian issue and the challenges posed by the
conflict, and takes into account the reality of the access to power of the
extreme right in Israel, the dangers of Judaizing Jerusalem and its holy sites,
and the sensitivity of the regional situation, which reflects strongly on the
national economy”, he pointed out.
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