Jordan’s populist politics: Challenges and diplomatic tensions

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This conflict should be seen in all aspects and this is the role of the leaders to explain and participate in bringing the truth to the table. Today we find that Israel, which has exerted clear Zionist pressure on most politicians and businessmen, receives anyone even if they considered against Israel war, and exploits this visit to promote Netanyahu’s lies and slanders.اضافة اعلان

In the political scene in Jordan, opposition parties are using populism to promote their political power and to have a significant role in the political scene despite their lack of organization and clear political platforms.

I am most surprised by the refusal of the mayor of Irbid to receive the ambassador of the US.
Israel’s war on Gaza opened the door to practicing populism from the political parties in these delicate circumstances to increase their popularity regardless of the negative impact! They are riding this political anger wave.
 He used the abstractions of the populist to show his position is one of strong moral foundation declaring the loss of trust in our political establishment. Showing that political options are limited because of moral differences, even if there is still room for righteous disagreement.

Populist leaders in general claim that they don't use politics for personal achievements, symbolically positioning themselves outside of the political arena. The populist leader frequently replaces moral speech with political discourse, while denouncing political speech as a filthy game.

The opposition parties and their imitators have a series of complaints about the government’s action: including the refugee situation in Jordan, the decline of class politics and elections, the exposure of elite corruption, and the pace and direction of unemployment as well as the globalization of the economy and culture. It is also the result of a “political malaise” that is frequently mentioned but seldom defined.
This conflict should be seen in all aspects and this is the role of the leaders to explain and participate in bringing the truth to the table. Today we find that Israel, which has exerted clear Zionist pressure on most politicians and businessmen, receives anyone even if they considered against Israel war, and exploits this visit to promote Netanyahu’s lies and slanders.
Political malaise in Jordan showed itself in a decline in party memberships, a steady drop in voter turnout, and an increase in the proportion of respondents to surveys expressing disinterest in and mistrust of politics and politicians. An antipolitical atmosphere, allegedly fostered by the media, where people believe politicians are more incompetent, self-serving, and impotent than in the past, and politics is more complicated, remote, and irrelevant to people’s lives. Election behavior has been impacted by this perception, as more and more disgruntled and disillusioned voters stop trying to vote altogether.


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