Ten new ministers join the Jordanian government
The Jordanian prime minister Faisal al-Fayez stressed that the forthcoming ministerial reshuffle in his government will witness joining ten new ministers for his government in order to give a new impetus for the efforts to improve the public sector.
Al-Fayez said that the first reshuffle on his government was necessitated by new factors including drawing an ambitious plan for administrative development in order to upgrade the efficiency of the government's departments and eliminating of bureaucracy, noting that the plan covers programs to train higher leaderships and employees and that the job position will be given based on merit.
The Jordanian prime minister said that geography will play a role in choosing the new ministers. He justified that this aspect provokes the Jordanian citizen. very often the formation of successive Jordanian government is governed by tribal balances in a society which gives lots of weight to tribes which constitutes a main pillar for the stability in the Kingdom.
According to the new government reshuffle, ministries which were mingled in the previous formations will be split. Al-Fayez explained that the separation decision came to alleviate the burdens from the ministry.
For attaining the optimum administrative reform, the new amendment will cover establishing two ministries: they are the ministries for developing the public sector and a ministry of state to monitor the general performance.
The two ministries will work within a one year schedule to implement the plan for upgrading the public sector efficiency and dealing with sites of defects in the administrative process and to eliminate bureaucracy.
The new government is expected to adopt a new election law taking into account the political scene in Jordan where some 30 parties are being active. The leaders of 11 parties close to the authority announced last Wednesday their parties merging in what they called the "Jordanian national movement " considering that they constitute a centrist trend.
This step came after the call made by the Jordanian king Abdullah II to the political parties to merge in three big political parties from the left, middle and the right.
Worthy mentioning that al-Fayez (52 year old) formed his government on October 25, 2003. The forthcoming reshuffle is considered his first one on this government.