Yesterday, in the opening of the ordinary session of Parliament, His Majesty the King's speech expressed the need for genuine change in our institutions and our society, so that we may reach the Jordan we want. We have spent enough time on endless debates and on drawing up plans and strategies that we celebrate launching, only to see too few results to make a real difference in people's lives.
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At a stage that can no longer bear hesitation, we cannot remain prisoners of the same tools we have used to manage our affairs for years, while the world around us changes at tremendous speed. There are opportunities that must be seized, challenges that can no longer be postponed, and a great national project whose title is Jordan's future, which everyone should rally around and toward which the efforts of the state and its institutions should be directed.
This is the cornerstone we must pause at in reading the royal speech. The King wants a state that delivers, and institutions and officials who do not fear taking decisions, and who do not content themselves with managing daily work and waiting for instructions. He wants to see the effect of modernization in the school, the hospital and the street, in job opportunities and investment, and in the services citizens receive.
The required transformation does not concern institutions alone. Society too must review some of its patterns of thinking and its way of dealing with national issues. We cannot speak of a genuine renaissance while part of our public discourse remains preoccupied with doubt, spreading frustration, belittling achievements, as if the future were closed to us.
The King does not want people to stop criticizing. Serious criticism is essential to any reform project, and accountability is what protects institutions from stagnation. But there is a great difference between criticism that seeks reform and discourse that sees nothing in the country but failure, and leaves people no room for hope or for confidence in their ability to bring about change.
What Jordan needs today is to restore the sense that there is one national project, one that comes before narrow interests and small calculations, making the future and prosperity of the state a common ground for everyone.
We live in a region where conflict never rests, and the language of war has come to drown out all talk of development. But the King does not want Jordan to remain a hostage to this scene. Security, political and economic challenges must not stop us from working. Jordan, which has overcome many crises, can also continue building its future, provided we make good use of its potential and do not waste the opportunities before us.
The King spoke with great conviction about Jordan and its capabilities. He did not ignore the scale of the challenges, but he appeared confident that this country, despite its small size and limited resources, has what it takes to become stronger, more stable and more prosperous. This is the confidence we need today, especially at a time when the space for anxiety is widening and many feel that the crises surrounding us may last a long time.
The King spoke in the spirit of a head of family who knows the difficulties his children face, but also understands that surrendering to anxiety solves nothing, and that what is needed is cohesion, work and looking forward with hope.
The King wanted to place everyone before their responsibilities, and to say that the coming stage requires different work, and a will that does not allow years to be wasted going around the same problems. The time has come to move from talking about the future to building it, and to treat modernization as a necessity. This is the transformation the King wants: that we trust Jordan's ability to advance, and that we work hard enough to turn this trust into reality.
