Al-Majali elected Jordan's parliament speaker

Abdul Hadi al-Majali was elected as a speaker for the Jordanian Parliament in succession to its former speaker Saad Hayel Srour.

al-Majali, a former minister and a former parliament speaker and also chairman of the main Rightist "constitutional national" party, was the only candidate for this post.

Worthy mentioning that the term of office for a parliament speaker lasts just one year, and parliamentary elections are organized every year for the presidency of parliament at the opening of the ordinary session of the parliament.