Head of Jordan Independent Election Commission (IEC), Musa Ma’aitah, called on young people to engage in collective action within their communities, referring to the “true” amendments to laws to support youth, including reducing the candidate’s age, in addition to the parties’ law and their funding, which support youth and women to run for elections.
Speaking at a dialogue seminar hosted by Amman Group for Future Dialogues, Ma’atah called on young people to engage in partisan work, as “the way to political activity.”
During the dialogue moderated by the group’s president, Bilal Hassan al-Tal, Ma’atah said new parties will be licensed under the 2022 Elections Law, which was recently endorsed by the Parliament.
Continuing: “A party that couldn’t rectify its status within the one year-period stipulated by the new law will be deemed legally dissolved”.
The IEC, he noted, will submit a proposal to the government to support the parties’ electoral campaigns, which are running for the first time, he said, adding that the Cabinet has the final decision to approve or decline the recommendation.
On the IEC’s role ahead, he said ‘tremendous” work in terms of training on parties and the electoral law will be carried out, adding that the commission will train its staff and the community, on new laws and the nature of holding the upcoming elections.
On the Chambers of Commerce and Industry file, he said the IEC will take the necessary measures and arrangements to “fully conduct and supervise” their elections.
As for partisanship and community engagement, he said this process needs several factors, primarily integration of related topics in school curricula to highlight importance of partisan life in developing societies, active participation, diversity and democracy.
Source: Jordan News Agency