AMMAN —
Hayat Center for Civil Society Development (Rased), which is monitoring the 2022 municipal elections, said
that a study of the candidates has shown that 53 percent of those running for
the elections were former mayors and one candidate was a former parliamentarian,
Ad-Dustour reported.
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Results on career and professional background showed
that 34.8 percent of candidates were military retirees, while 33.7 percent were
former public employees, 25.1 were private-sector employees, and 6.4 percent
were private-sector retirees.
Around 16 percent of the candidates hold a
post-graduate degree, 38.2 percent hold a bachelor’s degree, 6.6 percent a
diploma, 30 percent a high school diploma, and 9.2 percent do not have a high
school diploma.
Meanwhile, 56
percent of the candidates said they have not prepared an election agenda, and
44 percent have already published their election agenda, according to the
study.
The results of the study show that 45 percent of the
current candidates have previously run for elections, 172 of whom ran for
mayor, 17 who ran for a parliamentary election, 39 as city council members, and
19 who ran for provincial council elections.
Around 73 percent of the candidates are
from a clan alliance or group of clans in a geographical area and 20 percent
are running independently, while 2 percent are dependent on a party, and 5
percent are affiliated to a youth group in their district.
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