AMMAN — The House of Representatives approved on
Monday the amendment to the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) Law, which requires that anyone
appointed as chairman of the board of trustees or commissioner general of the
center not be affiliated with any political party, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
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Prime Minister
Bisher Al-Khasawneh was quoted by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, as saying that
the bill amending the NCHR Law is fully consistent with the empowerment of
political parties, but that supervisory bodies must remain non-partisan.
“This philosophy
stipulates that supervisory bodies be neutral, similar to security services and
the armed forces, the judiciary, administrative governors, members of the
diplomatic corps, the governor of the Central Bank of Jordan, and other
entities specified under the (Political) Parties Law now in force, since they
represent the entire country, and are not based on affiliation to a certain
party,” he told lawmakers Monday.
According to the
prime minister, the proposed amendment does not conflict with the promotion of
partisan work; he also said that many administrative procedures and regulations
concerning political and partisan work in universities are undergoing change to
encourage young people to engage in this work.
Regulatory
bodies that oversee and issue reports related to the protection of human rights
and fundamental freedoms must be neutral, and thus those responsible for them
must not be affiliated with parties, Khasawneh said.
On Monday, MPs
started discussing other bills as well, including one amending the General
Sales Tax Act for 2021.
In June, the House
approved a bill amending the NCHR Act 2022. The bill was amended to “enshrine
the principle of neutrality and objectivity, and to prevent conflicts of
interest and the impact of party and intellectual affiliation on the work of
the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Center for Human Rights
and the secretary general”.
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