Jordanian opposition calls for government's resignation

The Jordanian national forum of political opposition figures and parties called for the evacuation of the government and called on the Jordanian King Abdullah II to appoint a "good government" for national reconciliation instead of the government of Ali Abul Ragheb.

In parallel to that, the governor of Amman, Abdul Karim al-Malahema, issued a decision banning al-Eid (holiday) prayers on Thursday in the square of the vocational trade Union Center in order to preserve security and of fears of the eruption of demonstration.

According to a report by the London- based al-Quds al-Arabai, governor al-Malahimah informed the commission of the vocational trade unions not to license al-Eid prayers in the open- air square which adjoins the complex of the vocational trade union in Amman. He said that he is ready to provide support upon the selection of any open- air square in other areas.

The paper quoted trade unions sources saying that al- Malahimay recommended the trade unionists to choose other sites for prayers, considering holding prayers in the vocational trade unions quarters as a provocative step.