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[7] France 24 reported that the "nearly half a million votes" the IAF won was "unprecedented in their history in Jordan." [12] Adaileh also claimed that the election results were a "popular referendum" for Jordan to scrap the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, and to back Hamas. [13] On 15 September, Bisher Khasawneh resigned as prime minister.
Polls opened on Tuesday in Jordan's first parliamentary elections under a new law aimed at diluting the strong impact of tribalism and bolstering political parties, with Islamists expected to gain ...
Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition made significant gains in Tuesday's parliamentary election, initial official results showed on Wednesday, boosted by anger over Israel's war in Gaza. The ...
Elections in Jordan are for the lower house, known as the House of Representatives, of the bicameral parliament of Jordan, as well as for local elections.They take place within a political system where the King has extensive legislative and executive powers, retaining ultimate political control.
In 1989 and 1993, Jordan held free and fair parliamentary elections. Controversial changes in the election law led Islamist parties to boycott the 1997, 2011 and 2013 elections. King Abdullah II succeeded his father Hussein following the latter's death in February 1999. [ 6 ]
new election law The government approved in 2022 a new electoral law that it termed a milestone in a gradual democratisation process paving the way for political parties to play a bigger role.
The Parliament of Jordan (Arabic: مجلس الأمة Majlis Al-Umma) is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution , the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( Arabic : مجلس الأعيان Majlis Al-Aayan ) and the House of Representatives ( Arabic : مجلس النواب Majlis Al-Nuwaab ).
AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah has designated key palace aide Jafar Hassan as prime minister after the government resigned on Sunday, the royal court said, days after a parliamentary ...