AMMAN — On Sunday, the Senate approved several bills,
including amended drafts of the
Social Development Law, Civil Retirement Law,
Election Law, and Right to Access Information Law, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
Amended
draft of Social Development Law: Enhancing social care services and donations
regulation
During a legislative session, the Senate
approved the amended draft of the Social Development Law for 2023, as received
from the House of Representatives. This amended draft aims to specify
procedures for licensing institutions, centers, and shelters providing social
care services, as well as monitoring and supervising them. It also seeks to
regulate the social work profession by specifying conditions for its practice
and approving and licensing its programs.
Furthermore, the draft law aims to regulate
the process of collecting donations for charitable purposes, specifying
conditions and means for their collection. Additionally, it enables the
Ministry of Development to establish a fund for social protection and care.
Amended
Civil Retirement Law: Extending provisions to senior officials
The Senate also approved an amended draft law
for the Civil Retirement Law for the year 2019, following amendments made to
the original legislation. The amended draft law is justified by the expiration
of the provisions of the amended
Civil Retirement Law No. 34 for 2018. This
expiration led to the non-application of the Civil Retirement Law and exempted
anyone appointed or reappointed after this date from its provisions in two
specific cases.
The draft law aims to subject anyone appointed
to a position in one of the first or second groups of the senior category to
the provisions of the Civil Retirement Law. Additionally, it seeks to include
the president or full-time member of any authority or entity, or the chief
executive officer of any public official institution, under the provisions of
this law if any of them have acceptable previous service for civil or military
retirement purposes.
Amended
Election Law: Enhance political pluralism
Furthermore, the Senate decided to approve the
latest amendments to the amended draft of the Election Law for the year 2024,
as received from the House of Representatives. According to its justifications,
the amended draft law aims to enhance political life in Jordan by consolidating
the principle of political pluralism and ensuring the representation of the
widest possible range of political forces in the House of Representatives.
Amended
Right to Access Information Law: Promote transparency and combat corruption
The Senate also approved the amended draft of
the Right to Access Information Law for 2019. This approval aligns with its
justifications to comply with international agreements and align with best
practices governing access to information laws. It aims to promote
transparency, integrity, and combat corruption while enhancing the culture of
the right to access information. The amended law also enables seekers to obtain
information and restructures the Information Council to include representatives
from civil society institutions. It further obliges departments to classify
what is considered confidential and protected according to the information
classification mechanism and its index.
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