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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
b . Deposit requirement (specify amount) f . Other
Comments: Any person willing to nominate himself/herself for membership of the Chamber of Deputies shall be registered in a final voter list and shall pay a non-refundable amount of five hundred dinars as revenue to the Treasury;
The list shall pay two thousand dinars as insurance to ensure compliance with the provisions on campaigning as stipulated in this Law. This amount shall be refunded if the application is rejected or if these provisions are not violated.
Applications for candidacy shall, in every district, be submitted in one batch, using the .A form approved by the Board, to the head of elections in the presence of all candidates on
the list. That batch shall include the name of the list to which such candidates are nominated, the names of its members, its emblem and the name of the list delegate; candidates shall attach supporting documents and other data required in accordance with
the provisions of this Law and the executive instructions issued thereunder. The candidates shall be given a receipt.
Source: The 2012 Parliament Elections Law No. 25, art. 12, 14, 16: http://www.entikhabat.jo/Documents/Laws/Election%20Law%20No%2025%20of%202012.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2016/08/03
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship
Comments: Candidates must be at least 30 years old and Jordanian citizens since at least 10 years. In addition, a candidate to the House of Representatives must not hold the nationality of another state.
Article 10 – Every candidate for membership of the Chamber of Deputies shall meet the following criteria:
He/she has been a Jordanian national for at least ten years;
He/she does not hold the nationality of any other country
He/she is thirty calendar years of age on the polling day
He/she has not been sentenced for bankruptcy, where his/her legal status has not been rehabilitated
He/she has not been placed under guardianship by court’s order, where such guardianship has not been lifted;
He/she has not been sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year for a non-political crime for which he/she has not been pardoned;
He/she is not deemed insane or retarded;
He/she is not a relative of the King to the degree assigned by special legislation;
He/she is not a contractor for the government, an official public institution or a company .H owned or controlled by the government, or for any official public institution, regardless
of whether such contracting is direct or indirect, with the exception of land and property leasing contracts and of shareholders in a company with more than ten members.
Source: Constitution, art. 75: http://www.parliament.jo/en/node/150 (2016);
Law on the Election of the House of Representatives
Law No. (6), art. 10: http://iec.jo/sites/default/files/2ParliamentaryElectionLawMay2016EN.docx%20%281%29_0.pdf (2016)
Verified: 2016/08/03
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
a . Neither in presidential nor legislative elections
Comments: For the 2016 elections, candidates can only stand for election on lists, as running individually is not permitted. The 2016 elections mark the first time elections are based on open-party lists.
A person shall nominate himself/herself for membership of the Chamber of Deputies in one electoral district and one list only.
Source: The Law on the Election of the House of Representatives
Law No. (6) of 2016, art. 13: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/misc/jordan-law-on-the-election-of-the-house-of/view (2016)
Verified: 2016/08/03
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
b . Direct c . Indirect
Comments:
Source: Political Parties Law 2015, art. 25, 27, 28: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/misc/jordan-law-on-political-parties-law-2015/view (2016)
Verified: 2016/08/03
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
f . No information available
Comments:
Source: Political Parties Law 2015, art. 25: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/misc/jordan-law-on-political-parties-law-2015/view (2016)
Verified: 2016/08/03
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: A party may accept grants and donations that are identified, announced and specified from natural and corporate Jordanian persons. These grants and donations shall be identified and announced.
Source: Political Parties Law 2015, art. 25: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/misc/jordan-law-on-political-parties-law-2015/view (2016)
Verified: 2016/08/03
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