Jordanian opposition demands a new electoral law

The Jordanian opposition parties called for the adoption of a new election law based on quota list, stressing that the amendment of the election law constitutes the important entrance for the political development operation.

The opposition parties which include 13 political parties of various trends led by the Islamic Work Front party said in a memorandum submitted to the prime minister Faisal al-Fayez that the political development is a pan reform operation for disseminating social awareness to the rights and duties of citizen and making vast reforms in the judiciary and deepening the principle of making a separation between the authorities and the supremacy of the law.

The memorandum in which the Jordanian opposition parties detailed its assessment to the government's performance and its policy said that the basic logic for political development lies in disseminating democracy, launching public freedoms, abrogating all freedom restricting laws and allowing the way to consolidate and honor the principle of intellectual, political and organizational pluralism and honoring the constitution.

Simultaneously, the Jordanian opposition parties welcomed the initiative of the government in establishing natural relations with various civil society establishments including the political parties via a series of dialogues and meetings and through declaring the political development strategy.