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Jordan Is Getting Closer to Explosion The Third Cabinet Resigns Awn Al-Khasawneh resigned as a result of his dissatisfaction with the king. Based on reports, his resignation was not in accordance with the protocols and was submitted to the king by one of his minister instead. It is almost one year that Jordan is engaged in political upheavals. Resignation of each prime minister underlines the confusion of Jordanian administration, demonstrating an unclear future for rulers of this country. During last year, three cabinets were changed while government could not fulfill the promised reforms. Unemployment, inflation, and decrease of average welfare rates on one hand and dictatorship, suppression of civil liberties and restriction of people’s direct and indirect control of their affairs on the other while juxtaposed with critical economic situation have led to public dissatisfaction with the ruling establishment. The helpless king is only delegating power from on one prime minister to another without achieving the desired outcome. The Jordanian Prime Minister, Awn Al-Khasawneh’s sudden resignation, and appointment of Fayez Tarawneh instead indicate the deep political crisis in the kingdom of Jordan. According to a report by Aljazeera, the last time when Fayez Tarawneh had formed a cabinet was in 1999, at the time of Malik Hussein bin Talal, the former king of Jordan. Altarawneh resigned as the minister of state security in 1989, at the time of Al Refaei's administration, after bloody uprising called “the April Gift” in southern cities of Jordan. This is what distinguishes him from the other prime ministers. Over the past 15 months he is the fourth Jordanian prime minister. However, according to some reports, Al khasawneh’s resignation was the result of his disagreement with and dissatisfaction with the king. Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper, published in London, reported that his resignation did not follow the protocols , for he submitted it to the king by his minister instead. At the end of his resignation, addressing the king, he said: “May God lead you straight to what is good for your”. It is noteworthy to mention that he resigned while he was on an official visit to Turkey. According to Aljazireeh the king summoned two ministers to the royal palace without consultation with the prime minister and informed them of his decision to extend the present parliament’s tenure for more two months. The issue infuriated Alkhaswaneh and he resigned in reaction to the decision of the royal palace. Prior to his resignation, he had asked for an extraordinary meeting with parliament to revise the election rules. The differences between Alkhaswaneh and the king were not limited to the abovementioned cases. He had already deep-rooted differences with Feysaloshobaki, director of Security Organization over various matters, so that he had resigned twice but in both occasions, they were rejected by the king. However, the changes had no impact on the opposition parties. They maintain that the appointments and dismissals have no impact on the current situation of the country, particularly because the public plays no role in their appointment. Zaki Bani Rsheid, Head of the political bureau of the Islamic Action Front, the political branch of the Muslim Brotherhood announced: “it does not matter who is the prime minister, because he is chosen as before. The prime minister’s resignation is most beneficial to the Security Organization which intends to securitize the atmosphere of the country.” He said the only solution to the country’s problems is to reform the Constitution, form a government by the people and introduction of new election rules to elect a popular parliament representing the public will. Otherwise, the country would encounter more crises. Laith Shubailat, a renowned Jordanian dissident raised severe and frank criticisms against the ruling regime and announced: “I anticipate that Alkhaswaneh’ cabinet would fail as the previous ones, since there is no serious determination to solve all country’s problems.” He emphasized, only one person rules over us and wants to impose his will over all, civil organizations do not rule in Jordan. Shubailat added: “there will be no future for Jordan with the current system. People are on one side and the government on the other. They want to rule over people through trade and domination of public wealth. The problem is that if this trend continues, neither us, nor the government would be saved.” Soltan al-Hattab, a political analyst says: “three cabinets have been changed, while neither could take any effective measure. In the beginning, the governments start their performances with enthusiasm, but after a short while they do nothing and just cause louder voices of people over themselves.” He emphasized that Alkhaswane administration faces dead end with regard to its promised reforms. Noone was satisfied with his given election bill and all his proposals faced dead end. There were also differences between the king and prime minister regarding the dissolution or continuation of the parliament. Most experts believe that reforms have failed in Jordan and conservatives have achieved their goals. Consequently they have more control over political trends of the country. The same issue might lead to a more complicated atmosphere and may lead to unpredictable crises in near future. The future may push Jordan towards the same destiny that some other Arab countries face today. | ||
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