AMMAN — Senate Speaker Faisal Al-Fayez On Monday concluded a
series of meetings launched about a month ago regarding political reform and
legislation governing political life in Jordan.
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Chief information officer in the Senate, Hekmat Momani, told
Jordan News that this dialogue began in Amman about a month ago, and since
then, 19 meetings were held with representatives from various governorates, in
addition to the northern, central and southern Badia regions of Jordan.
Many representatives of local communities and unions, in
addition to tribal representatives, political activists and others participated
in the dialogues in the hope of achieving political reform in Jordan, according
to Momani.
“These meetings aim to listen to people's concerns and
problems and hear their demands,” Momani said. “The dialogues also sought to
hear out the political views of the people and their vision of political
reform, including the electoral law and the political parties’ law.”
According to Momani, the results of the meetings will be
submitted to the king to chart out the next steps in the process of the
political reform.
Meanwhile, during the meeting, Fayez asserted that no one is
above the authority of the state and that without security and stability there would
be no political, economic, or social development.
Fayez affirmed the importance of the Jordanian tribes, but
asserted that “Jordan is the biggest tribe” to which residents must be loyal.
“The tribe is the most important component of the Jordanian
society, as it contributed by standing behind the Hashemite leadership in
building the nation's institutions and maintaining its strength, and the
comprehensive Jordanian national identity has also strengthened the cohesion of
the nation and the strength of its institutions,” he said.
Last month, the
Lower House, government, and Senate launched
a national dialogue to revisit laws governing political life in Jordan as per
His Majesty King Abdullah’s instructions.
The King on Wednesday said that the envisioned political
reform process will be based on the Discussion Papers His Majesty has written
and published on the way forward.
He underlined the importance of this dialogue, saying that
it should push the envelope regarding the projects under discussion, which will
expand to cover social, economic, and administrative reform. The
King pointed
out that the debate should be held in “an open and transparent” atmosphere and
tackle the problems encountered by every sector.
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