On November, 25, 2007 2:39 PM , Tulip
from Jordan said:

Actually, the Jordanian left dealt with this elections in a very clear attitude. they were smart in not picking this elections as a deterministic battle for their lack of power or popularity; they did not (can not) boycott the elections, yet they were not that much involved. that goes the same for the leftist voter.

at the same time; majority of the leftist youth took a remarkable stand and started the laa2 campaign against the government economical policies. even their visits to the candidates debates, areas, quarters and voting locations aimed to communicate with potential winners (before elections) and their supporting crowd about the campaign .. etc and they managed to achieve few steps, that are more political in it is concept and approach more than any possible elections involvement

how can you describe a rigged election in terms of a defeat for any party?

this bogus election is a defeat for all Jordanians and for Jordanian democracy and for Jordanian political development and for arab progress and for arab freedoms.

this is not a defeat for this or that candidate. or this or that party. this is a deliberate case of disenfranchisement.

so please, stop drawing lessons out of this election as if it were a valid election.

On November, 25, 2007 6:34 PM , Khalaf
from Jordan said:

Batir: I would agree with Tulip that the left didn't really treat this election seriously. I would add that the left doesn't treat the Jordanian public seriously. I have written about this more than once. A political party doesn't simply appear just before elections preparing to run. The only time you hear about leftists is when they are applauding Bashar Assad's insults to Jordan, writing useless manifestos in support of Zerqawi lovers or organizing anti-normalization rallies that nobody attends. Once the left takes Jordanians seriously, they can expect to be taken seriously.

On November, 26, 2007 7:52 AM , masalha1
from Jordan said:

Tulip,
I think the Jordanian people didn't take the leftist seriously also, the passed records of the leftist in previouse parliaments, their actions and slogans on the ground indicates that they so deeply involved ( to their ears ) with regional issues, and Jordan is not even on their radar screen, remind me of one stand the leftist took against the many deteriorating living conditions of the Jordanian people? I stand to be corrected but I don't know any.
Khalaf,
I agree with you, but I can say that the IAF is not any better they tend to have the same stand with different Ideology and they're more concerned with Afganistan than Jordan.
The bottom line is unless we have political parties that have presence at all times and tackles issues like the ever deteriorating educational system, cost of living, inflation, unemployment, corruption, government spending, taxes ....etc., unless we have parties wiiling to stand by the people and their issues, this vicious circle will continue for ever.