Democratic Palestine : 7 (ص 15)
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democracy with the requirements of the
regional situation and the struggle
against the Zionist enemy:
Under the critical circumstances
our homeland is experiencing owing to
Israeli aggression and occupation, the
total denial of the Palestinian people’s
legitimate rights, the ongoing threat of
Israeli aggression and expansion, and
the attempts at imposing US-Israeli
hegemony on all Arab countries, and
particularly Jordan, we add our voice to
those of our compatriots...We demand
the declaration and maintenance,under
the constitution, of man's inalienable
rights, democratic liberties and the right
of all citizens to employment, dignity,
travel and movement, without the threat
of passport seizure, and the prociama-
tion of freedom of opinion and thought,
together with the means of expression,
such as the press and other mass
media.
Like the various sectors of our soci-
ety, we firmly believe that public and
democratic liberties would promote our
compatriots’ self-confidence and
release their vast potentials in confront-
ing the Zionist threats and defending
the homeland.
Imprisoned trade-union activist Abdul Razzak
Said. The Confederation of Trade Unions in Jordan
asks all concerned organizations to demand his
release.
Proceeding from this belief, our
association's council has decided to
submit this letter to your excellency,
hoping that you will intervene for the
release of our collegue, Abdul Munem
Jeredat, who is employed in the techni-
cal division of our association and a
member of the council of the electrical
engineering section, who has been
detained by the Intelligence Service
since August 15th.
Special concern has also been
shown about the situation of two other
detainees. At the same time, their cases
exemplify the kind of persons consi-
dered «dangerous» by the regime:
- Trade union activist Abdul Razzaq .
Said, Secretary of the Trade Union for
Secretarial, Banking, Insurance and
Accountant Workers. He was arrested
on April 10th, charged with playing an
active role in the union.
- Mohammad Yousef Aoad is mar-
ried and the father of four children. He
was released from Ansar, Lebanon, by
the Israelis on November 23, 1983, and
then rearrested by the Jordanian Intelli-
gence Service on February 12th of this
year.
Waves on the political scene
In October, the Jordanian Council
of Deputies held a scheduled session.
Some Jordanian politicians took this
occasion to submit a letter to the coun-
cil's chairman and members, demand-
ing review of the law banning political
parties, as a preliminary step to the
restoration of free political activity
through legally formed parties.
Indeed the Council of Deputies ses-
sion turned out to be a stormy one. The
regime violated the laws and regula-
tions, a fact which was denounced in the
council. A number of deputies protested
the restrictions put on the council's dis-
cussions and the disregard shown for
the council's resolutions. They deplored
the authorities’ suppression of reports
on the meetings where there was heated
discussion on certain points as the coun-
cil prepared its reply to the monarch’'s
address. At the session there were
attempts to restrict some deputies’ right
to speak, which led the deputy of Karak
to submit his resignation in protest.
The Council refused to approve and
postponed making a decision on a
number of bills. Many deputies criticized
the regime’s impatience in having
enacted certain bills although they did
not satisfy the requirements of being
«necessary or expedient».
The questions put by deputies
placed the regime in an awkard position,
highlighting its failures, such as failure to
deal with the case of a number of Jorda-
nians detained in Iraq since the begin-
ning of the year. The waves created in
the Council of Deputies takes on special
significance when we know this is an
appointed rather than elected body. As
opposed to the parliament, which relates.
to the government (cabinet), the Council
of Deputies is supposedly the link bet-
ween the king and the people. Thus, the
waves created in the council reflect the
people’s dissatisfaction with their ruler
and his policy. Throughout the recent
period, various groups of citizens have
been petitioning the council deputies
with their grievances - the arrest and
detention of relatives, being barred from
employment, or from passport renewal,
etc. This generated a sort of pressure
that erupted in the protests and ques-
tions posed by the deputies.
Although «Democratic Jordan» is published in Arabic and therefore unaccessible to our English
readers, the Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms in Jordan will on occasion cir-
culate material in English. If you are interested in receiving such information, on political prison-
ers, etc., you can write to the following address:
Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms in Jordan
P.O. Box 9080
Damascus, Syria.
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