Maan forum holds the government responsible
Jordan, Politics, 12/6/2002

The third Jordanian national forum in Maan held the Jordanian government responsible for the events which took place in the city and the fall of many victims. In a statement circulated on Wednesday in Amman in the meeting held for that purpose, the Forum called for a national reconciliation government that can represent all the Jordanians, according to the statement.

The forum, which was attended by national parties, vocational trade unions, and independent political figures and several representatives for the citizens of Maan stressed the need of responsible treatment of the said incidents and their results.

In statements to the press, the chairman of the Forum, Abdul Latif Arabeyat, said that the forum calls for ending unfamiliar security and military manifestation in Maan, to release all peoples arrested because of these incidents and also called for apologizing for the people of Maan and to compensate them for their losses.

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