AMMAN — The
Islamic Action Front party
denounced Prime Minster Bisher Al-Khasawneh Cabinet for raising fuel prices to
a “record rate”, which will burden people and the national economy, according
to Jo24.
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IAF said the hiked prices confirm that the
government has become a “burden on the country and its people, since its only
approach is raising prices.”
The party renewed its question about the reasons for
the continued lack of transparency in the file of importing oil and pricing
fuel in Jordan, where the price is among the highest in the world.
The group urged the government to look for
alternatives, which include cutting the flat tax levied on fuel, because “this
approach results in an increase in production costs in the various economic
sectors, and exacerbates the economic crisis afflicting the country and its
citizens”.
In a related development, a study has found that
21.7 percent of the 130-seat Chamber of Deputies expect the Cabinet to quit,
Al-Ghad News said.
It said the study by
Al-Hayat Center for Civil Society Development (Rased)’s released on Tuesday found that 59.2 percent of
deputies were satisfied with the government’s handling of human rights and
public freedoms. Some 63.3 percent expressed satisfaction with the government’s
handling of the political reform.
The report showed that Khasawneh’s government had 160
obligations and commitments, of which 36.2 percent were accomplished, while
37.5 percent are under implementation, and the remaining 26.3 percent have not
been initiated.
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