Changes in Jordan's political style

Disputes over Jordan’s parliamentary elections still haven’t ended. The speculations and debates are set to continue for another week, following “violations, confusions and chaos” now admitted by the Independent Electoral Commission's chief. The case is still very much open. Rumours are spreading again about expected takers of governmental and parliamentary positions – people believe the same people who’ve held these positions for the last 10 years or more will continue to do so, without opening up any new trends of thought of political attitudes. Jordanians have tried to push this kind of change through before, and always suffered as a result. Regarding a prospective leader, nominations are limited. It looks like no real change will occur relating to a new Prime Minister. However the President of the non-parliamentary government will be the President of the parliamentary government as well, and this is a change in recent Jordanian politics. In the Senate too, there will be no visible changes as nominations are limited to one person so far. There is also no change on the horizon for the Presidency or the authorities who decide nominations lists: the same approach and the same choices, as per. The House of Representatives are facing plenty of candidates. But most of them will never reach the end of the race. Despite superficial changes in forming the government, as well as an increase in turnout and representation, the candidate names will remain the same. It seems like the result will give the presidency of the House to the same person who presided over it during some of the most important phases in Jordan’s history – the Speaker of the House. The views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent or reflect the editorial policy of Arabstoday.