JORDAN - Oct. 23 - Political Shake-Up Expected To Bolster Position Of King Abdullah.King Abdullah King Abdullah can refer to:
(2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing of government. As part of the programme, the ministry of information will be abolished, a minister for political development will be appointed and the number of cabinet ministers will be cut from 29 to 21. The new ministers are due today to go into retreat in the southern port of Aqaba "to agree on their programme" before being sworn in on Saturday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bassem Awadallah, who remains minister of planning and international co-operation. "The king feels that this is a new phase. He wants to downsize Downsize Reducing the size of a company by eliminating workers and/or divisions within the company. Notes: When a company downsizes, it is attempting to find ways to improve efficiency and increase profitability. It is sometimes referred to as trimming the fat. government. The means of delivery and governance are going to change," Mr Awadallah told the FT on Oct. 22. "The new priorities will be political development, civil liberties and human rights". Jordanian officials say the changes are designed to bring talent into government and remove tribal influence. But analysts see the changes as designed to bolster the already strong influence of the king on policy. The new prime minister is to be a former chief of protocol in the royal court Feisal al-Fayez. He succeeds Ali Abu Ragheb who resigned this week after three years in office. Fayez is not a technocrat tech·no·crat n. 1. An adherent or a proponent of technocracy. 2. A technical expert, especially one in a managerial or administrative position. and is viewed as someone who is willing to do what he is told. Michel Marto, the long-serving and generally well-regarded finance minister, is also leaving and will be replaced by Muhammed Abu Hammour. Critics say the current electoral system electoral system Method and rules of counting votes to determine the outcome of elections. Winners may be determined by a plurality, a majority (more than 50% of the vote), an extraordinary majority (a percentage of the vote greater than 50%), or unanimity. bolsters tribalism and is designed to minimise the influence of the country's Palestinian majority. They say political apathy has been amplified by more than 200 temporary laws introduced while the 110-seat parliament was suspended for two years until elections this summer. While some of the temporary laws are liberal in outlook - ramping up punishments for honour crimes and giving women the right to seek divorce, for example - others, such as one limiting rights of assembly and another allowing for half of municipal council members to be appointed, have strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. the political process, according to critics. Parliament, which is due to meet again in December, rejected some of the temporary laws at an extraordinary session in June. |
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