Election Fiesta-Part III

I apologise for not reflecting on the results of the parliamentary elections any earlier, but this was due to two main reasons. The first, I was swamped with a lot of things at work, a conference I’m organising in the Spring of next year, and a conference I will speak at next week, and the second, I was very disappointed with the results that I didn’t know what to write!

Anyhow, the candidate I supported ‘Aroub Soubh‘ didn’t make it!, sadly, none of the women candidates who ran in the capital made it to the parliament,all the women that won came from rural areas and depended primarily on their tribal support!, a fact that was very disappointing to me and to many enlightened Jordanians I have talked to!.

Surprisingly, the Islamic movement won only six out of the 22 seats they were running for, a fact that revealed an interesting shift in the movement’s political status and popularity among Jordanians.Candidates who won came from mainly business and economic backgrounds, for example, two of the big clients of the company that I work for won in two different districts in Amman!,this obviously shows that Jordanians have finally come to realise that our economy and development is what should matter the most!.

Now we have a new parliament and a new government, I just hope that both the legislative and executive branches develop a common ground of understanding and work together effectively on realising the challenges facing us and towards creating a more prosperous and sustainable economy for our growing country.

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