Shoman and Hamdan resign from Jordanian Senate

Abdul Hameed Shoman and Mohamed Hamdan, have resigned from the Jordanian Senate. This brings the number of members who resigned from the Senate to five, as Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Al-Ali and Khalid al-Sharif have  previously resigned from their positions. The monarch approved last Friday  the amendments to the Jordanian Constitution of 2011 as passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, where the first paragraph of Article 75 says that no person should become a senator or a Deputy if: (a)    Who is not a Jordanian (b)    Who claims foreign nationality or protection (c)    Who was adjudged bankrupt and not been legally discharged (d)    Who was interdicted and has not been removed (e)    Who has sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding one year for a non-political offence and has not been pardoned. (f)    Who is insane or an imbecile (g)    Who is related to the King within a degree of consanguinity to be prescribed by special law