The Jordanian government is preparing to take urgent measures to bring prices down. One consequence, according to observers, the popular protest that began to swell in the country. King Abdullah II has called "the commodities are at the lowest possible price. He also ordered the army, which holds more than 80 food cooperatives, "not to raise prices (..) especially rice and sugar," said an official statement.Inflation reached a record last month by 6.1%. A popular trade unionist, representing the day laborers, Mohamed Sneider, called for a protest across the kingdom on Friday after the noon prayer. But a powerful party leader of the Islamic Action Front (opposition) said that the Islamist movement in Jordan "had not yet decided to participate in this event." The monarch also called on government to act quickly to launch "projects that generate income and create job opportunities", while protests against high prices and the violence associated with lack of jobs are beginning to grumble.
The king also called for "protecting the poor and middle class, giving them the means to ensure their basic needs," according to an official who did not specify what measures will be taken to that effect.
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