A frenzy reportedly broke out in the Jordanian parliament during a heated debate on controversial constitutional reforms.
On Wednesday MP’s were discussing a draft amendment, adding the Arabic female noun for a Jordanian citizen into the constitution section on equal rights.
However, some MP’s branded the draft as useless, following this a heated debate ensued in the House of Representatives in Jordan’s capital Amman, which was broadcast live on Al-Mamlaka television channel.
The brawl had erupted between Deputy Suleiman Abu Yahya and parliament House Speaker Abdul Karim Dughmi.
“There was a verbal shouting match that turned into fist-fighting by several deputies. The behaviour is unacceptable to our people and harms our country’s reputation,” Reuters quoted Khalil Atiyeh, a member of parliament.
Among other constitutional reforms to be discussed are the creation of a “National Security Council”, and the halving of the house speaker’s mandate to one year from the current two-year terms.
It remains, that the kingdom’s constitution, which was introduced in 1952, has been amended 29 times with the monarch’s powers increasing at the expense of the legislature, according to experts.
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Sources: Wion News
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