Muslim Brotherhood to return to the streets

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AMMAN — The Muslim Brotherhood is planning to hold a pro-reform rally on Friday in what will mark the movement’s first protest in over a month.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Islamist movement called for a mass rally in downtown Amman.

“We urge all Jordanians to head to the streets on Friday to send a message to decision makers that we still demand reform and these demands have yet to be met,” said Mohammad Aqel, Brotherhood leader and demonstration coordinator.

The rally is to mark the official return to the protest movement of Jordan’s largest opposition group, which largely has been absent from the streets since last month’s parliamentary elections.

The Brotherhood’s previous protest, a so-called mass rally designed to urge citizens to forgo the January 23 polls, attracted a turnout of some 3,000 — well short of initial forecasts of some 50,000 to 100,000 participants.

The Friday protest is planned as Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh continues talks with deputies over the choice for the next prime minister.

The Brotherhood has rejected the talks, claiming that the consultations fall short of citizens’ demands for a “true parliamentary government” — a measure they claim requires constitutional amendments.

The Islamist movement boycotted last month’s elections in protest against an electoral law they claimed favoured loyalists and independents at the expense of political parties by reinstating the one-person, one-vote system.

Despite the boycott, some 56.7 per cent of Jordan’s 2.2 million registered voters took part in polls widely declared free and fair by international observers.

Also on Friday, leftist and independent activists are scheduled to take to the streets in the southern cities of Karak and Tafileh to protest against the results of the parliamentary elections and demand the dissolution of the Lower House.

Muslim Brotherhood to return to the streets | The Jordan Times

 

[Arabian Legend]

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I can't even express enough loath of those people, liars and hypocrites. In short, few of Jordanians (least educated) are fans of them, they demanded a change of the constitution, and the government agreed but it should be done through the proper channel which is the new Parliament, nevertheless, they boycotted the elections which was monitored and applauded by international committees, although the king himself and the government relentlessly tried to convince them to take part of the election and they refused. And now they are whining again about the constitution after the election is over.
They use the very same slogans Iranian regime spits. MB have been babbling day and night about Egyptian and Jordanian relations with Israel for decades, but right now there is MB regime in Egypt which vowed to protect the peace accord with Israel, furthermore, Egyptian MB pumped water into Palestinians tunnels to prevent food from PL. Do you see how base those people are?

 

[T-123456]

I can't even express enough loath of those people, liars and hypocrites. In short, few of Jordanians (least educated) are fans of them, they demanded a change of the constitution, and the government agreed but it should be done through the proper channel which is the new Parliament, nevertheless, they boycotted the elections which was monitored and applauded by international committees, although the king himself and the government relentlessly tried to convince them to take part of the election and they refused. And now they are whining again about the constitution after the election is over.
They use the very same slogans Iranian regime spits. MB have been babbling day and night about Egyptian and Jordanian relations with Israel for decades, but right now there is MB regime in Egypt which vowed to protect the peace accord with Israel, furthermore, Egyptian MB pumped water into Palestinians tunnels to prevent food from PL. Do you see how base those people are?

Can you tell me what percentage of the population supports the muslim brotherhood and could they be a problem for Jordan in the near future?
Does Iran support them in anyway?

 

[Arabian Legend]

I can't even express enough loath of those people, liars and hypocrites. In short, few of Jordanians (least educated) are fans of them, they demanded a change of the constitution, and the government agreed but it should be done through the proper channel which is the new Parliament, nevertheless, they boycotted the elections which was monitored and applauded by international committees, although the king himself and the government relentlessly tried to convince them to take part of the election and they refused. And now they are whining again about the constitution after the election is over.
They use the very same slogans Iranian regime spits. MB have been babbling day and night about Egyptian and Jordanian relations with Israel for decades, but right now there is MB regime in Egypt which vowed to protect the peace accord with Israel, furthermore, Egyptian MB pumped water into Palestinians tunnels to prevent food from PL. Do you see how base those people are?

what are their demands? is Jordan doing enough in term of reforms?
do they have representative inside the parliament?

 

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Can you tell me what percentage of the population supports the muslim brotherhood and could they be a problem for Jordan in the near future?
Does Iran support them in anyway?

They are few, however, they are taking advantage of the region turmoil and economic hardships by pressuring the government and they are making things worse.

what are their demands? is Jordan doing enough in term of reforms?
do they have representative inside the parliament?

Their demands are fictional they are demanding "reforms" while they boycotted the Parliament election which reforms can be made through, the thing is that if they were confident of the people support, why did they boycott the election?

 

[somebozo]

I can't even express enough loath of those people, liars and hypocrites. In short, few of Jordanians (least educated) are fans of them, they demanded a change of the constitution, and the government agreed but it should be done through the proper channel which is the new Parliament, nevertheless, they boycotted the elections which was monitored and applauded by international committees, although the king himself and the government relentlessly tried to convince them to take part of the election and they refused. And now they are whining again about the constitution after the election is over.
They use the very same slogans Iranian regime spits. MB have been babbling day and night about Egyptian and Jordanian relations with Israel for decades, but right now there is MB regime in Egypt which vowed to protect the peace accord with Israel, furthermore, Egyptian MB pumped water into Palestinians tunnels to prevent food from PL. Do you see how base those people are?

This was expected considering Egypt is under the grip of islamist and SYria is going through violence - sooner of later MB will seize on the opportunity in Jordan as well.

 

[Arabian Legend]

They are few, however, they are taking advantage of the region turmoil and economic hardships by pressuring the government and they are making things worse.


Their demands are fictional they are demanding "reforms" while they boycotted the Parliament election which reforms can be made through, the thing is that if they were confident of the people support, why did they boycott the election?

Ok I see the complexity looking to hold a position while don't have enough public support to achieve that. Easy to solve, let them take seats with limited authority.

 

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This was expected considering Egypt is under the grip of islamist and SYria is going through violence - sooner of later MB will seize on the opportunity in Jordan as well.

They will have nothing, people don't stand them here, and MB success in Egypt is helping pretty much in shining their picture, if you know what I mean.