AMMAN — The Parliamentary Legal and Administrative Joint
Committee on Sunday continued its meetings with civil society institutions and government
actors to listen to their views on the municipalities and decentralization bill
for the year 2021.
اضافة اعلان
The meeting, in which professional associations’ leaders
took part, along with academics and jurists, are held in cooperation with the
Al-Hayat Center for Civil Society Development, "Rased,” an NGO that
monitors the performance of the legislature.
During the committee’s meeting, its rapporteur, MP Ahmed
Al-Khalayleh, emphasized the significant role of professional associations in the
Jordanian political life. He said that engaging the syndicates in the dialogue
“reflects the committee’s belief in the role of unions and the importance of
listening to their feedback and opinions.
Head of the
Jordan Pharmacists Association Zaid Al-Kilani
told
Jordan News that this meeting was important for the members of various
unions and associations to share their opinions and demands. “We asked them to
grant the municipalities wider powers to collect their financial revenues, as
well as increase the representation of women in governorate councils. We also
stressed the importance of promoting grassroots’ participation in municipal
elections and decentralization.”
The unionists also demanded that trade unions and
professional associations be represented on municipal councils, among the
government appointees.
Deputy Ali Al-Tarawneh, chair of the administrative committee
and a member of the joint committee, said that the bill is very important, said
that the meetings will continue until the dialogue is wrapped up, and the
articles of the law will be drafted after that. "The law has taken an
urgency status, but that does not mean that it does not take adequate time for
discussion."
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