Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves parliament, meaning the government must resign within a week, paving the way for November 10 elections
The assembly comprises 130 lawmakers, mainly pro-government tribal officials, businessmen and ex-security officials.
Jordan's King Abdullah has dissolved the parliament, which under constitutional rules means the government must resign within a week, paving the way for elections in November. The assembly comprises 130 lawmakers, mainly pro-government tribal officials, businessmen and ex-security officials. The move is likely to be followed by a wider government shake-up to ward off popular disenchantment over economic hardship worsened by the economic blow dealt by Covid-19 and over allegations of official corruption.
King Abdullah appointed Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz in the summer of 2018 to defuse the biggest protests in years over tax increases pushed by the International Monetary Fund to reduce Jordan's large public debt.In July, Jordan's electoral commission set November 10 as the date for parliamentary elections after the monarch called for countrywide polls to be held at the end of the parliament's four-year term.
The country was already in a precarious situation even before the new coronavirus, with unemployment at 19.3 percent in the first quarter of this year.
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