Jordan: What constitutes ‘progress’ in Islamia?

Elected governments … eventually.

SMH.

KING ABDULLAH of Jordan has become the first Middle Eastern leader to hand over substantial power voluntarily since the start of the ”Arab Spring”.

In a televised address on Sunday, the king, who has faced repeated demonstrations this year, announced the country would move to constitutional, elected government.

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But the statement did not generate immediate excitement among pro-democracy campaigners in Jordan, largely because it failed to specify any timetable for the change.

Labib Kamhawi, a political analyst, said the speech was ”good on some points and weak on others”. He emphasised that the king had committed himself only to elected governments eventually.