Parties to come under jurisdiction of Political Affairs Ministry

Apr 28,2014 - Last updated at Apr 28,2014

AMMAN — Political parties and their registration will be under the jurisdiction of the Political and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, after being handled by the Justice Ministry.

Delivering a lecture at the Jordanian Society for Political Sciences, Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs Khaled Kalaldeh said the decision was made upon recommendations received by the technical committee tasked with drawing up the political parties draft law, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Kalaldeh said the limitations and conditions on partisan activity have been reduced under the proposed 2014 political parties law, including the reduction of the number of founding members from 500 to 150, and their ages from 25 to 18.

He noted that the new political parties law will pave the way for progressive partisan life in Jordan.

For his part, Khaled Shneikat, president of the society, said the new law would be a “qualitative leap in the Kingdom’s political action”, according to Petra.

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