The election is over and the major two lessons for the day are "It is the "TRIBE" stupids," and the golden days of the IAF might be over. The Islamic Action Front (IAF); the political wing of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, which had 17 seats in the previous parliament lost 11 seats as only 8 out of the 22 IAF candidates succeeded to win a seat this time. The IAF was fielding 22 candidates, including one woman in the elections and was hoping to win most if not all of these seats. As expected, the IAF issued a statement blaming irregularities in the election and the government for its astounding defeat; however most observers believe that the election was fair and smooth this time.
The truth is that I have never been a big fan of the (IAF),and part of me is thrilled for its astounding defeat, but may be it is time now to rethink and renovate Jordan's electoral system. Currently, most of the seats in parliament come from constituencies in rural tribal areas, not from the cities where most Jordanians live, meaning that the tribal districts are over-represented. Most lawmakers elected in a rural constituency such as Ex-prime minister Rawabdeh with only 2,000 to 3,000 voters to win, while each member of parliament from the capital represents about 95,000.
One of the best option about renovating the system comes from the director of the Amman-based al-Quds Center for Political Studies Oraib al-Rantawi, who advocates a mixed system, combining district-based constituencies with party- or coalition-based proportional representation. These structural changes might be what we need to strengthen Jordan's political parties and help invigorate its civil life. At this last election, candidates did not bother to join political party or to come up with an agenda because if the tribe is your shortcut to the parliament, why the hell would anybody care.
On the bright side, good news came from Madaba yesterday, where former MP Falak Jamaani claimed victory after getting 3,301 votes to be the first woman to win a Lower House seat without resorting to the women’s quota since 1989. Good for her and us.
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مسخره الانتخابات أو الانتخابات المسخره
معضم النصابين القدما قد خرجوا من هذه الانتخابات الغير نزيها بي مقاعدهم الازليه التي خصصت لهم من قبل الحكومه"الموقره" ..
هذه البرلمان المزيف سيكون مثل سابقاته ولن يجلب الي لشعب سوا المزيد من الفسادوالسرقات علي الوزن الثقيل،مره أخري الشعب الكادح سيكون الخسران من هذاالبرلمان الكركوزوالذي عتل علي كتاف الكثير من المضلالين الذين يعتقدون بي أن الانتخاب لهذا أو داك البرلمان سيغير شئ
أريد ن أسئل الحكومه،لماذالم تسمحو بموراقبين دوليين مثل الامم المتحده او لجنه من السوق الاروبيه المشتركه
See, I do not think that the election was fraud. I think that most Jordanians are apathic about the elections. The bottom line is that the Parlimant has no influence over the course of people's lives so people are not interested. IAF's defeat was interesting though becuase they have discplined followers who typically vote in numbers. However this time they were not motiviated I guess and the IAF could not stand against the tribal power or against money which apparently plays a major role this election
Shifaa,
Did you mean that Jordanian Parliament a Fake one by stating the Parliament has no influence over the course of people's lives ?
If not so who have the influence then?
To me the tribe influence and relations in politic its very pathetic and its approved in Jordan that this tribe influence lead to fraud and corruption through Parliament members.
So when the time that mainstream Jordanians realizing that they should have their own chose to elect their people who interested to serve their constituencies more than serving the King?
say
Tribes elect members not because they want them to serve the King, Say. They elect them because they want them to serve back the tribe. It is a mentality that obivously spread over the whole Arab world and has to do with I guess with the Arabic psyche. It seems that we teach our kids that they are loyal first to their families before being loyal to the country in general.
For members to be elected on a productive national agenday, I believe that we need a generation or two.
Shiffa just listen to this and this,part two
Shifaa you did not answer me for my Q?
I regards to the link posted by alurdunialhurr there is two things intresting:
1- In the introduction siad she support women right in rgards of childeren blongs name! which Alsa'adawy also talking about.
2- She siad she reading Al-Sa'adawy book.. which rise some concernces.
Finally if the king in jorden not in control of polatics in the country so who is in charge?
Its very intersteing if some tell us who hold the power in Jordan.
Just finall those EKHWAN and other names who took Islam as neic name for thier pathatic and ill parties should be very aware of them..
History of Al-EKHWAN (Islam Brotherhoods Party) its very clear his creation history and bonded to the createror and handler, just read more about them and their relations and behaviors.
They are difentally not the trusted party to solve our problems and Talabn or Mullah in Iran very clear examples.
say
Say and Alurdinalhur,
I apologize. I actually responded back to your comments but somehow my post did not make it and I just realized that it was not posted on the Web.
First, Alurdni...I am not a big fan of Toujan. I believe that she is a vocal phenomenon and have no substance. Another word she is a drama queen but she is intentional about it. Any news for her is a good news. She picked up so many fights when she was in the PM and almost with everyone just to be in the center of attention. However, I think that not allowing her not to be able to go to the election was a stupid mistake. Honestly, I doubt that she could have made it on her own.
Say, I share your opinion abuout MB, however I am not happy for them to be wiped out from the public arena. This only can encourage more radical Islamic section similar to Alqaida to thrive in Jordan. We should give them the credit for being civic so far in participating in the polictical process in comparsion to other Islamic movments in the Arab World.
Regarding, the power of the governmetn and the King. I doubt that the government interfer in the last election. To be honest with you, neither the Parlimant nor the municapsity elections diplay a real threat to the government. Parlimant in Jordan unlike other democratic nations only have power over local issues. The major policies of the kingdom are in the hand of the government and ultimately the King.
"Parlimant in Jordan unlike other democratic nations only have power over local issues. "
I completely disagree ,The parliament is only a rubber stamps for the king,the country was sold to sleazy investors in less than 5 years
هذا البرلمان ليس الا ختم مطاطلا أكثر ولا أقل،باسم عوضالله ويي أرشاد من الملك قد باعواكل ممتلاكات الشعب بدون أي معارضه من هذه البرلمانات الهزيله والمهترئه
I strongly disagree. Listen the people who were elected last week were elected by the people of Jordan. Regardless of all the accusations that IAF brought up. People went and voted for those who they are related to or know or thought that they will help them to get jobs or any other favors in the future. The King and government have no control over that. We are a tribal society at our best and things are not going to be changed for at least a genertion or two.
Honetely, I am glad that all the decision in Jordan are made by the king and the excutive branch. Who parlimant member who we elected last week know anything about foriegn policy, economy or politics in genral?:-0)
In regards to "sleazy investors" firstly Jordan and other Arab countries in need to do some thing for crating jobs improve the life for their citizens and also to develop their infrastructures as the rest of the world.
I don’t see this drawback action it opposite.
Secondly if this investor behaved in a manner that damaging the country then "we" people should take our responsibility as employee of these investor or as people who elected PM members to raise our voices.
So keep yelling it bad and corrupted its not can fix any thing and not achieving any thing.
say
Now we know where you coming from ,at least you are honest about it and want to support dictatorship,
It is my country too and I want to have say of what's has been decided for us by bunch of neoliberals who doe not give a dame about the well being of all Jordanian
Since day one his rules has been a disaster to both our foreign and domestic policy,just look at the record and you will know what I mean.
"I am not a big fan of Toujan. I believe that she is a vocal phenomenon and have no substance."
shiffa,,,I don't think Tuojan is looking for people like you to have as fans,
Did you listen to the lecture how in details ,she described how King Hussein tried to bribed her to keep quite on the corruption and the level of thievery. I believe she has more substance and integrity than all those you believe in....
I repect your opinion ya Aluruni. I do not see things the way you do obviously but each of us is entitled for his opinion.
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Thank you so much for posting this. I'd read that there were elections in Jordan but there was not any information about what the results were or how it compared, no context! -And so I was left scratching my head as to what it all meant. Now I've got the context!
It is interesting that the Representatives come mostly from the rural areas and Thus Allowing it to be tribally based. I imagine this is a side-effect of when the electoral system was first established-that there were no huge urban centers when it was set up and so each representative was then representing roughly the same proportion of the population? It definitely seems unbalanced when you now have one representative for 95.000 versus another for only 3.000!
Definitely good on Jordan for electing Jamaani MK! A major step forward for woman-and Jordanian-kind
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