2010 Elections.
Thursday 11 November 2010
, Posted by Shaheen at 04:23
In spite of all flaws and imperfections in the elections law, people this time were smarter. who reached the parliament are better than 2007 batch, still its a social parliament rather a political one with enhancements in the quality of elected men.
There is better and there is the best, 2010 was not the best , Jordanians deserve more transparency and sense in the elections law. No reason can justify why the government did not publish the losers votes number.
18,000 votes in 2007 and 2000 votes only in 2010 means one thing, 2007 elections were highly manipulated.
On the other hand, tribes proved again that they are the most fundamental building block in the Jordanian political/social hierarchy as they had deep faith in the intentions behind the call for this elections. Many of them considered it a duty call from the state head for recommending the best men for his majesty.
Tribes leaders who reached 2007 by money were business men, now the picture is a little bit different, true leaders who earned respect from people and helped in solving problems and brining the good of Jordanians are back to the front line, this on the long term, will help in soothing the social violence and will get more participation from people in the domestic affairs.
The biggest question marks will remain unanswered, what is the role of the parliament, How can good elected men bring good outcome?, when will government stop hijacking the legislative role by issuing temporary laws? when we have effective anti corruption measures under the dome?
To sum up, it was a positive move, However, for the prosper, strong and secure Jordan that we look for, it was not enough, we still need more.
well i cant see why everybody convince themselves that 2010 elections was better than previous one?
same vicious cycle ! money and social rules were the most important factor for people to make their decision, add to that the ordinary Jordanian citizen is sick of such "dehek 3al leha" parliament, prices keep going up , gases start to be unfordable, corruption is everywhere!
so no , this parliament will not solve anything, it will make things more complicated, and we will see that after 2 years!
The only positive sign is that 2007 PM's did not return to new chamber, as I mentioned in the first post: the quality of the new members is better.
what scares me is the violence eruption which seems with no cure, the government is not interested and its not qualified enough to solve a domestic problem.
hmm...exactly ! government dont want to make anything regarding the violence eruption, they just sit back and leave everything to the social laws!
actually i think we will not see the effect of such behavior now (social laws) , i think this will have serious consequences later on, and the first one who will regret not involving in this is the government!
Shaheen, wow, pro-looking blog you have here!I am honored to be on your blog roll, too.
I do think the elections were better than before, and in previous years. I am hoping that little steps toward progress will gain momentum and snowball into longer strides with time.
@ Wa7l ..regarding violence ..I heard that the public security and darak forces were unable to take control over riots in the north until the special forces entered those area..still ..the security cure does not offer a solution, politically and socially we are in big trouble.
bottom line, the virtual circles that was assumed to the one vote electoral system were proved to be impractical and cause more problems
@ kinzi ..welcome to the wall :p
I share your wish however our "democracy" did not prove that its improving with time. I'm afraid it decling. again, welcome .