AMMAN — Speaker of the
Lower House Abdel Karim Al-Doghmi has decided to convene the
next session on Sunday, instead of Thursday, two days after the legislature
witnessed a tense session that ended in chaos when deputies engaged in scuffles
and fistfights.
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Tuesday’s
scuffles were unprecedented in the history of Jordanian Parliamentary life and
the incident had shocked Jordanians and was reported all over the world.
The Lower House
had begun debating the constitutional amendments when an altercation took place
between Doghmi and two other deputies that reflected an increasingly tense
atmosphere under the Dome. The session was adjourned for half an hour but when
lawmakers returned a scuffle broke out among a number of deputies that ended in
pandemonium. Deputies were debating amendments to Article 6 of the Constitution
related to gender equality.
The House was divided
over the amendment, with Islamist lawmakers rejecting changes to the wording of
the article and claiming that it would pave the way for less equality between
genders and the enactment of special laws for women. The session was suspended
before a vote could take place. After the session was adjourned it appeared
efforts to reconcile deputies involved in the fracas had reached a dead end.
Doghmi had to move the next session to next week.
A meeting late
Tuesday concluded by referring a complaint to the Legal Committee submitted by
MP Shadi Freij and
Andrei Hawari against MP
Suleiman Abu Yahya and
HassanAl-Riyati.
The Lower House is
expected to debate more than 20 constitutional amendments, including the
setting up of a National Security Council, in addition to a draft election and
political parties’ laws.
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