[DOWNLOAD] "Cabinet: Jordan's Cabinet Attacked Almost by Everyone (Jordan-Report)" by The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon) ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Cabinet: Jordan's Cabinet Attacked Almost by Everyone (Jordan-Report)
- Author : The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Release Date : January 22, 2011
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Jordan's cabinet is coming under mounting pressure with the kingdom's powerful Islamist opposition saying Jordanians should be able to elect their prime minister and other government officials rather than having them appointed. In a rare challenge to Jordan's political system and emboldened by protests in Tunisia that forced out the long-serving president, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) also demands for an end to what it calls authoritarian rule in its country. IAF leader Hamza Mansour's demand on Jan. 17 for electing the prime minister underlines rising tension with Jordan's King Abdullah II, an absolute monarch, comes as Arab rulers are bracing to see if the popular unrest that unseated Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali could spread around in the region. When King Abdullah ascended to the throne in 1999, he said he envisioned Jordan as one day becoming a constitutional monarchy, similar to Britain. However, little has since come of these plans, and he retains the power to appoint ministers, dismiss parliament and rule by decree.