The Jordanian government appointed a national committee for dialogue, composed of 53 members, including several opponents, to study a series of political reforms after protests over the past two months in the Hashemite kingdom. The committee, headed by the chairman of the upper house of Parliament Taher Masri, has been given the task by the Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit to prepare drafts of a new electoral law and party, leading to the election of governments with majorities the lower house, said an official statement.
On the committee are present leaders of the main opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), such as former Secretary General Ishaq Farhan, the former leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, Abdul Majid Zuneibat and President's Advisory Council IAF , Abdulatif Arabiyat. Also are members of the general secretaries of the leftist Popular Unity Party, Said Ziab, and the Communists, Munir Hamarneh.
Also involved are lawyers, journalists, professors of political science, feminist leaders and representatives of the Christian minority. In a letter to committee chairman, King Abdullah II welcomed its formation and wished him success in "leading the process of political dialogue, so as to encourage stability in the country and its achievements." The king stressed the need to draft "a democratic electoral law to introduce a lower house representing all Jordanians and to play a pioneering role in establishing justice, transparency, rule of law and combating corruption and favoritism.
" Abdullah II said he wants a new law on political parties to "allow political pluralism to flourish and provide the opportunity for active political forces to take part in the decision making process." The King stressed that both standards should be ready within three months. The popular uprisings in Jordan, inspired by those of Egypt and Tunisia, caused the Feb.
1 last the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai was replaced by Maruf Bakhit, whom King Abdullah II commissioned him to conduct "political reforms economic and real. " 
On the committee are present leaders of the main opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), such as former Secretary General Ishaq Farhan, the former leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, Abdul Majid Zuneibat and President's Advisory Council IAF , Abdulatif Arabiyat. Also are members of the general secretaries of the leftist Popular Unity Party, Said Ziab, and the Communists, Munir Hamarneh.
Also involved are lawyers, journalists, professors of political science, feminist leaders and representatives of the Christian minority. In a letter to committee chairman, King Abdullah II welcomed its formation and wished him success in "leading the process of political dialogue, so as to encourage stability in the country and its achievements." The king stressed the need to draft "a democratic electoral law to introduce a lower house representing all Jordanians and to play a pioneering role in establishing justice, transparency, rule of law and combating corruption and favoritism.
" Abdullah II said he wants a new law on political parties to "allow political pluralism to flourish and provide the opportunity for active political forces to take part in the decision making process." The King stressed that both standards should be ready within three months. The popular uprisings in Jordan, inspired by those of Egypt and Tunisia, caused the Feb.
1 last the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai was replaced by Maruf Bakhit, whom King Abdullah II commissioned him to conduct "political reforms economic and real. "
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