On March, 23, 2006 10:20 AM , bakkouz
from Jordan said:

You know, the first though that came to my mind when i strated reading this is, , Why was such a system necessary? does this mean that our currect high level government employees are ineffecint, or that they havn't been in the past? and who's responsible for hiring non-effecient people? and what does that say about the person responsible for this, in which case the prime minister?

and another thing is, did they come up with this system themselves or did they adopt it from a currect implimented system elsewhere in the world?

Jordan really is a strange place, politicaly speaking, i wonder, have you entered the guiness book of records yet for the most ministes hired in a country throught its poliltical history?

Also i know this might be out of subject but something else came to mind, which is blame and fault, and by that i mean, i wish that i would see a goverment official go public one day and announce that they (the goverment) or he presonaly have made a mistake in taking an action or policy, it would seem that in jordan nobody is willing to ever admit that they were wrong about something, they always tend to cover up their mess and/or blame somebody else, or just defend their policies blindly no matter how stupid or wrong or irrational they maybe be.

Now, I'm no politician and i'm no good at phrasing my political openions, but i just needed to express my openion, even though it may sound trivial and kinda silly :)

Keep up the good work my friend..

On March, 23, 2006 5:04 PM , hamede
from United States said:

I second bakkouz.

On March, 24, 2006 12:51 PM , Batir Wardam
from Jordan said:

Bakkouz; your comments are deep, accurate and straight to the point and this is exactly due to the fact that you are not a politician but a decent and concerned citizen, keep it that way.
You are right in your statement that no official in Jordan will ever admit a mistake. On the contrary some ministers and high-level officials committ severe mistakes and they are not accountable for them and then get promoted and are "recycled" to other public institutions of a higher profile. For example, one of our former ministers of finance developed a national budget based on 500 million US $ of foreign assistance that has never reached the country, and then got appointed as a head of the privatization authority as a reward.
Regarding the reasons for selecting the high-profile officials, I think this is directly linked to outside pressures and especially within a World Bank supported loan for "public reform" which should be a test for Jordan in its committment to modernization. Many donor countries are putting their assistance to Jordan on hold because they are waiting for results of the public sector reform process. It is very clear that the government did not wake up one morning and said :Ouch, we have really screwed up". It is the external pressure for reform.

On March, 24, 2006 5:38 PM , bakkouz
from Jordan said:

Hello Batir,
on the subject of external pressure, i think its heading the country into a very bad situation, pressures of the world bank and jordans urge to join the new world order is creating a vaccum of classes, and by that i mean the deminishing of the middle class and the creation of only 2 classes, the very rich and the very poor.
by the way, i don't wana sound like i'm craving attention or whoring myslef hehe but, read perhaps you would like to take a look at my latest post about the "chinese invasion of aqaba", you might find it interesting :P