AMMAN — Former deputy prime minister
Mamdouh Al-Abadi called for strengthening the internal front and adopting an
effective strategy to deal with external challenges, according to Jafra News.
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In a panel discussion entitled “Jordan between
internal and external challenges”, organized by the Abdul Hameed Shoman
Foundation Forum on Monday, Abadi called for adopting an approach that
confronts external challenges and is in sync with the domestic strategies.
He urged a “deep, real, and patriotic” review of the
political events the country is going through, which can be done by
establishing a crisis cell or an expert team that evaluates and studies old and
recent files and finds a way to reconcile them.
Abadi stressed the need to address the controversy
over the so-called demographic components and their rights in Jordan as a
necessary step toward reestablishing national cohesion.
He said that would also embrace the concept of citizenship
and equality to buttress Jordan’s strength and resilience, which is an
essential part of the strategy to support the Palestinians.
He stressed that any reform process must be dynamic
and goal oriented, adding that Jordan may be passing through difficult economic
and political circumstances, but the course must be corrected “today”.
Abadi called for the return to the 2011
Constitution, which maintains a “real balance” among the three branches of
government, and is best suited to face internal challenges.
Turning to the
economy, Abadi said that all economic indicators of the past 20 years point to
a significant deterioration, an increase in budget deficits, indebtedness,
swelling poverty and unemployment.
He noted that only three Jordanians out of 10 who
are eligible to vote did so in the last elections, and this should sound an
alarm bell because apathy, negativity, and anger pose a big challenge.
He insisted that trust must be restored between
citizens and the government, stressing that polls conducted by the Center of
Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan showed that more than two-thirds
of Jordanians do not trust the Parliament, parties, governments, and state
institutions.
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