AMMAN
— Speaker of the Lower House Abdel Moneim Al-Awdat on Wednesday launched
discussion sessions on the draft municipalities and decentralization law of
2021, which was referred by the government to the
Parliament last month.
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The
parliamentary “legal and administrative” joint committee tasked with discussing
the bill, in cooperation with the Al-Hayat Center “Rased”, hosted its first
discussion session with experts and stakeholders, to agree on recommendations
on the drafted law. Attendees included heads of governorate councils,
representatives of the women's sector in the councils, and former mayors of
municipalities.
Speaker
Awdat said that the discussion of the bill aims to achieve the royal vision,
which was presented in the discussion papers related to transition and
democratic empowerment. He stressed that the Lower House will take notes of
legal relevance in the light of practical experience and optimal experiences
that help to complete a law that bridges the gaps, meets the needs, and
achieves the goals that it aims to achieve.
"We
are entering the second centenary of the history of the Jordanian state, and we
have a huge balance of experience in the areas of local administration and
municipalities, which were founded on the principle of popular participation in
decision-making, knowing the necessary priorities and needs, and providing
direct services to local communities,” Awdat said.
During
the session, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration Tawfiq Krishan
said that one of the reasons the previous bill was withdrawn from the House is the
conflict of powers between the municipalities and decentralization councils, represented
by the governorate councils. He argued that this conflict prevents the delivery
of services to citizens and hinders development, in addition to the presence of
many overlaps between the municipal and governorate councils.
Krishan
added that the new bill is based on cooperation and integration between
municipalities and governorate councils.
MP
Zaid Otoum, member of the joint committee, told
Jordan News that the discussion was diverse: "There were many points, but most
emphasis was on the issue of employment and the importance of empowering governorate
councils and enriching their experience."
Atoum
added that the discussion covered the issue of budgets of the governorate
councils, saying that one of the suggestions provisions that encourage council
to implement the projects for which funds were allocated in the budgets.
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