Jordanians vote in tribe-dominated polls

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Jordanians vote in tribe-dominated polls

08:52, November 10, 2010      

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Jordanians went to the polls on Tuesday in a mostly smooth process under the clouds of voter apathy and sporadic clashes between supporters of candidates.

A total of 763 candidates are running for the country's 120- seat Lower House, whose main task is to review legislation proposed by the executive branch.

Some 2.4 million Jordanians are eligible to vote in the polls, the highest number in the country's history.

However, the country's election law, passed by the government while the parliament was dissolved, enshrined a one-person one- vote system which detractors claim favors tribes over political parties.

As Tuesday's polls were boycotted by the country's largest opposition party, the Islamic Action Front, many Jordanians cast their ballots along tribal affiliations and familial lines.

Fatima, an Amman teenager, said that she travelled back to her village south of Amman in order to help her uncle enter the parliament.

"I don't know much about the issues, but I need to support my family," the 19-year-old girl said.


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