Even the right to complain has been taken away, he said.
Anger at this trifecta of increased repression, a worsening economy and perceived corruption is bubbling just under the surface, several activists said. Only fear of being jailed or inadvertently igniting self-destructive chaos, akin to events in Syria, is keeping a lid on mass protests, they said. In comparison to troubled Syria or Yemen, U.S. officials apply to Jordan “this tired trope of an Arab regime that is a moderate regime,” he said. “That misses what is really happening and raises some real concerns.”
“A cash transfer to the government is a privilege that should be reserved for U.S. partners committed to democracy and human rights and not known for rampant corruption,” the report said. Safadi also defended the king’s purchase of luxury homes, revealed earlier this month in a massive leak of documents dubbed the Pandora Papers. Safadi said the monarch used private funds and cited security and privacy needs as a reason for keeping the transactions secret.
All power in Jordan rests with the king, who appoints and dismisses governments. Parliament is compliant because of a single-vote electoral system that discourages the formation of strong political parties. Abdullah has repeatedly promised to open the political system, but then pulled back amid concerns of losing control to an Islamist surge.
karin_laub The entire middleast is going through a drastic change in this decade as well, same pattern, collapsing economies followed by civil wars due to geo political conflicts .
karin_laub And the same mistake by Jordan,,being an ally of US ,but being taken as an enemy of Israel,,has doomed Jordan. Jordan thought that they are like British monarchy,,Jordan was wrong. British invented Israel. Jordan will be doomed by Israel
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karin_laub America hasn't exactly been reliable for the past 5 years either
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