AMMAN — The Lower House on Monday passed an amendment
to the Constitutional Court Law, in line with recent constitutional amendments,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
The amendments
to articles 60 and 61 stipulate that contesting or requesting an interpretation
of a Constitutional Court decision now requires a quarter of the Lower House or
Senate to vote in favor; previously a majority was required.
During a session
chaired by Lower House Speaker Abdul Karim Al-Dughmi and attended by Cabinet
ministers, lawmakers amended the article concerning court membership, raising
to 20 years the term of service required for a lawyer to become a court members.
The lawmakers
annulled the clause appointing three members every two years and settled on the
appointment by the King of a minimum of nine members for six non-renewable
years.
The amendment also
authorized a court dealing with a case of unconstitutionality of a law or
system to directly refer the case to the Constitutional Court, not the Court of
Cassation, as was previously the case.
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