AMMAN — A poll on the Royal Committee for
the Modernization of the Political System published Sunday by the Center for
Strategic Studies revealed that only 32 percent of Jordanians trust the
committee compared to 68 percent who do not trust it, and only 31 percent are
optimistic about its outcomes.
اضافة اعلان
Committee’s member Wafaa Bani Mustafa told
Jordan News that she is not surprised by the results which indicated that only
32 percent of Jordanians trust the committee. “I believe that it is a continuation
of the state of distrust between the citizen and the authorities in general,
this figure is not shocking,” Bani Mustafa said.
“This is a reflection of the mood of the
street and (people’s) resentment of decision-makers. I hope that the results
change in accordance with the committee’s outcome,” she added.
The poll aimed to discern general awareness
of the committee’s work, confidence in its work and in its members, awareness
of the committee's announcements and news, expectations of the committee's
outputs and impact on political life and political parties in Jordan.
According to the poll, 51 percent of
Jordanians believe that the outputs of the committee will enhance the role of
youth in social work, while 43 percent believe that the outputs of the
committee will enhance the role of youth in political work, parties, and elections,
and 42 percent believe it will enhance their role in local administration.
As for the committee’s impact on the role
of women in public life, the poll showed that 59 percent of Jordanians believe
that the outputs of the committee will enhance the role of women in social
work, 53 percent believe that committee’s outputs will enhance women’s role in the
political sphere, while 49 percent believe that these outputs will enhance the
role of women in local administration.
With regard to the parliamentary elections,
the poll showed that nearly half of Jordanians, or 48 percent, believe that
amending and developing the Parliamentary Elections Law is a priority for
political reform in Jordan.
As for how political life reflects on
public life, the poll found that a third of Jordanians polled, or 33 percent,
believe that their lives will be changed for the better if there are strong and
effective parties in Jordan, while 35 percent believe that nothing will change in
their lives, and just nine percent believe that their lives will change for the
worse if Jordan has strong and effective political parties.
The poll showed Jordanians were pessimistic
about the committee’s work, as less than a third of Jordanians, 31 percent, are
optimistic about the outcomes of the committee’s work, and 69 percent are not
optimistic about the outcomes of its work.
The poll also shows that the majority of
Jordanians are not interested in following up on news about the committee, it
showed that only eight percent of those who heard about the royal committee
follow all the news and statements issued about the committee. Half of
Jordanians, or 47 percent, do not follow the news and statements issued about
this committee.
Just 32 percent of Jordanians believe that
the committee will be able to formulate a fair and representative election law
for all segments of society, the poll found.
The poll also shows that almost two thirds
of Jordanians, 62 percent, believe that the current parliament will work on
approving the outputs of
the royal committee as it receives it from the government,
while a quarter of Jordanians, or 25 percent, believe that the parliament will
work on amending the committee's outputs before approving them.
The poll found that 70 percent of those
polled believe that there will be objection to or disapproval of the
committee's outputs, regardless of what these outputs are, compared to 20
percent who believe that there will be no objection or disapproval to the
committee's outputs.
The poll also revealed that 43 percent of
Jordanians polled believe that few of the outputs of the committee will be applied, while 26 percent believe
that the outputs of the committee will not be readily applicable, while just 15
percent believe that most of the outputs will be applied.
Thirty-nine percent of Jordanians polled
said they believe that the results of the committee will contribute to
increasing the number of candidates submitting their candidacy for the
parliamentary elections. By contrast, 60
percent believe that the amendment of the Parliamentary Elections Law will lead
to an increase in citizens' participation in elections.
As for political reform, the poll found
that 46 percent of Jordanians believe that the outputs of the committee will
cover some of the desired political reforms in Jordan, while 31 percent believe
that these outputs will not cover anything of the desired political reforms in
Jordan. Only 17 percent believe that
these outcomes will cover most of the desired political reform in Jordan.
Regarding party political life, 44 percent
of Jordanians polled believe that there will be no party political life in
Jordan, while only 11 percent believe that there will be such party political life
over the next ten years, and only nine percent believe that there will be party
political life during the next five years.
According to the poll, 39 percent of
Jordanians believe that the Jordanian state is serious about transitioning to a
political-parties-based parliamentary system, while 34 percent believe that it
is not serious at all. Only 29 percent
believe that the formula currently in force is the most appropriate system of
government for the country, while 27 percent believe that multi-party parliamentary
systems are the most appropriate form of government for the country.
Only 20 percent of Jordanians polled said
they believe that political parties in Jordan are strong and effective, but
only 16 percent of Jordanians trust them, the poll found.
With regards to the optimistic outlook of
those polled about the committee’s output regarding youth and women, Bani-Mustafa
said: “I think that the reason for this good result is the previous meetings
that took place with the women and youth committees, which showed the serious
work that the royal committee is doing with regard to women and youth, as
groups targeted for reform.”
Regarding the results which show that only
32 percent of Jordanians believe that the committee will be able to formulate a
fair and representative election law for all segments of society, the
committee’s member Laith Nasrawin said that the royal committee includes
members representing different spectrums of political and partisan backgrounds.
“The Committee has the ability to formulate
a fair election law. The flaws in the current electoral law are known, the
committee will try to overcome them, as it relied on recommendations and
proposals previously made by political parties.” Nasrawin said.
The poll was conducted from September 6 to
14 and covered all strata of society, according to the director of the Center
for Strategic Studies, Zaid Eyadat.
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