Jordan: Rallies protest draft elections law, Jordan Times (2012)

Activists hit the streets in various cities on Friday 22 June, as protests over the controversial draft elections law stretched into their fourth day. Leftists, independents and supporters of the Islamist movement joined ranks in a series of rallies in several parts of the country against the Lower House’s endorsement of an "undemocratic" elections law and ongoing government austerity measures. Opposition figures object to articles in the law — currently before the Senate — that restrict citizens to one vote at the district level and allocate only 12 per cent of the chamber’s 140 seats to proportional representation, well short of the 50 per cent demanded by opposition parties.

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