Jordan's king fires Cabinet amid protests - Yahoo! News
The country's powerful Muslim opposition, which had demanded the dismissal of Prime Minister Samir Rifai in several nationwide protests inspired by those in Tunisia and Egypt, said the changes didn't go far enough.
Abdullah also demanded an "immediate revision of laws governing politics and public freedoms," including legislation governing political parties, public meetings and elections.
Jordan's most powerful opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, dismissed the changes as cosmetic.
"We reject the new prime minister and we will continue our protests until our demands are met," said Hamza Mansour, leader of the Islamic Action Front, the Brotherhood's political arm.
Mansour repeated his call for constitutional amendments to curb the king's power in naming prime ministers, arguing that the post should go to the elected leader of the parliamentary majority.
Jordan's constitution gives the king the exclusive powers to appoint prime ministers, dismiss parliament and rule by decree.
"Unlike Egypt, we don't want a regime change in Jordan and we recognize the Hashemites' rule in Jordan," he said, referring to Jordan's ruling family. "But we want to see real political reforms introduced."
Ukipitia hapa utaona jinsi wakuu wa Jordan waliposhikwa pabaya.
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