AMMAN The USAID Strengthening Civil Society and Media Systems (Sawt) Activity, implemented by Internews and partners, on Tuesday convened Jordanian civil society experts and government leadership including US Department of State Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya to discuss challenges and opportunities to enhance collaboration
AMMAN The USAID Strengthening Civil Society and Media Systems (Sawt) Activity, implemented by Internews and partners, on Tuesday convened Jordanian civil society experts and government leadership including US Department of State Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya to discuss challenges and opportunities to enhance collaboration
Monday, 1 February, 2021 - 10:00
An election official wearing a protective mask empties a ballot box following Jordan’s parliamentary elections (File photo: Reuters) Amman - Mohammed Khair al-Rawashdeh
Vote-buying had an impact on Jordan’s parliamentary elections and their results, according to a local report.
Al-Hayat Center for Civil Society Development, which monitors the polls through its program Rased, issued last week its report on the 2020 parliamentary elections.
The report was prepared by 3,000 observers who tracked the electoral process in all its stages, in collaboration with 252 civil society institutions distributed over all districts.
It revealed a number of complaints relating to interventions of “official and semi-official bodies” before the deadline for candidate withdrawals from the polls, which directly or indirectly affected the ballots.