AMMAN —
Program manager of
Al-Hayat Center for Civil Society Development (Rased), Amro
Al-Nawayseh, said on Friday that the required proportional representation
(minimum threshold) percentage incentivizes political parties to merge with
each other, especially small parties to ensure they have a seat in parliament.
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Nawayseh added
that countries “that aspire to have a programmatic political parliament based
on powerful programmatic blocs use the minimum threshold percentage”.
The
House of Representatives Election Bill of 2021 defines the minimum threshold percentage
vote as “The minimum threshold marks the minimum number of votes a list has to
receive to win a seat in Parliament.”
Such percentage
will be used for the first time in Jordanian electoral history, said Nawayseh.
However, he emphasized that this is an international practice applied in
several countries.
“Many countries
have a 5 percent thresholds, including Germany and Poland. … There are
countries with higher thresholds like Turkey, which has a 10 percent one.
Meanwhile, Palestine has 2 percent,” said Nawayseh.
The
elections draft
law specifies that a list must win the votes of 7 percent of the voters in its
constituency to win a seat for that district.
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