AMMAN — The
protracted defense orders; first issued following the outbreak of
COVID-19 in
March 2020, are coming under increasing fire from lawmakers who blame the
government for politicizing the defense orders, and handling public gatherings with
double standards; allowing festivals and concerts to take place, while banning
political party gatherings and imposing unwarranted restrictions that are
paralyzing the country.
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Lawmaker
Saleh Al-Armouti
told
Jordan News that the implementation of the defense orders was
inconsistent. “Being lenient and allowing festivals with large crowds helped
spread the disease and increase the death rate,” he said, describing the
repercussions of a worsening pandemic situation on citizens as “crimes against
humanity” adding that the “government should bear the brunt” of the rise in the
number of COVID-19 related fatalities.
Armouti said the
government should have resorted to the Public Health Law Number 22, which “has
sufficient control over preventative measures,” rather than impose defense
orders, which he said “must cease”. It should not be permissible for the prime
minister to continue to use defense orders for a year and several months,
Armouti noted. “We must exercise our democratic and constitutional rights,
whether through filing a lawsuit against the government or through a memorandum
on a no-confidence vote.”
Nobody can deny us
our constitutional right, insisted Armouti, adding that a citizen’s life,
dignity, and humanity must be respected and preserved. Political development
and reform cannot not hand in hand with “unilateral decisions taken by the
prime minister,” and hence “the defense orders must stop”.
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