The Gov and South
I had been following this interesting piece of news since yesterday. 34 deputies would withhold confidence on the government just because it didn’t have any ministers from the south. Now I read that yesterday and thought to myself “If our deputies think like that, then we are in a hole that we are not going to be out from soon”. What made things even more interesting today, is that the Prime minister today said that he “May” make a reformation for the gov to have an “extra” 2 ministers “that the gov don’t need” just to satisfy the geographical considerations.
Now I think this is sad… There are no 2 in jordan that can doubt or even question the qualifications, and devotion ministers and prime ministers from southern Jordan had offered accress the years, but my understanding as well is that when AbdelSalam Al-Majali, Fayez El-Tarawneh, or even Sameer Habashneh agreed to take the government position they did it to serve Jordan, not Karak ! and this is what they actually did. I don’t really understand what are those 34 deputies complaining about, is it that they won’t be able to ask a Minister from Irbid, or Nabuls, or Jarash to get a kid who got 70 in the Tawjihi to Engineering school :) give me a break ! every minister in the Gov is supposed to serve all Jordan, if he is not, kick him out .. but don’t get extra ministers thinking it will make things better, because it won’t, it will be worse.
That sux, when will Jordanians start serving their country instead of their city. I hate the fact that the majority of people represent their tribe/city.
I think Jordan needs a miracle to get rid of the mentality of many of its citizens. It is sad, but it is something that is rooted in society and was nourished by most previous governments which followed quotas for geographical districts as well as religious and ethnic backgrounds for the choice of the ministers. When are our governments going to be formed from political party leaders? You hear much about this but it is baloney.
The members of the current parliament, like their predecessors, don’t represent us nor do they represent the majority of Jordan. How can someone from Kerak, who got 820 votes in the last elections, claim to represent me or even represent his governorate. They only represent personal and tribal interests.
All previous parliamentary elections in Jordan showed, as expected, an overwhelming victory for independent pro-government candidates, with most of them elected on the basis of their tribal and regional affiliations. The turnout in the large urban areas, which constitute more than two thirds of Jordan’s 5.6 million inhabitants, was always much lower than rural areas, reflecting the widespread apathy surrounding the elections campaign’s because of the absence of true opposition groups. The turnout was much higher in rural and Bedouin areas, especially given the tribal and regional character of the election.
In short, these GUYS can’t go on in claiming that they represent Jordanians, as they only represent micro interests and not the overall interest of the country. This also leads us to conclude that a lot remains to be done in our country’s democratization programme.
One time, I was setting with military retired, the vise commander of the air force, we’ve discussed some issues related to the country; such as corruption, nepotism, racism … etc. I asked him “Sir, when this all began?” he answered ” well son, around 30 years ago, since September’s incident (Back September) I asked “Sir, when you expect these issues to be solved” he replied “If we begin right now, we need another 30 years!!!!”