Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In a very interesting statement published on the website of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) in Jordan, the spokesman of the IAF parliamentary block said that the "Islamic movement" in Jordan is ready to take over the government in case "true democracy" was practiced in Jordan.
The IAF statement is a direct result of Hamas' sweeping win in the Palestinian elections, and reflects the IAF's desire to form a government and take over the responsibility of managing the country after winning a majority in the Parliament.
Maybe some people will be scared, but this is exactly the role of political parties in the world. If the IAF is capable of winning a majority in parliamentary elections it has the right and legitimacy to form the government. This is how is democracy is played, and if other political streams and parties are seeking to stop the IAF then they should do better than just keeping a flawed election law that suits the tribal elite of Jordan.
Democratic and civil political movements with a positive national identity should be able to develop and play the democracy game with the IAF and provide a third option between the tribal system and the religious system. It is really a shame that we are in Jordan stuck between these two regressive movements and fail to produce a popular base for the democratic and liberal political option.
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