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#1642047 at 2018-06-05 20:48:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2065 Sitting with Our Popcorn Enjoying the Show Edition
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Jordan's Prime Minister Ousted Amid Demonstrations - but Protests Against Austerity Continue
For the past week, Jordan, a country frequently touted by the West as a haven of stability in a chaotic region, found itself amid an uncharacteristic tumult. Protests erupted on May 30 with the announcement of International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures, including a steep hike on taxes for Jordan's cash-strapped, underemployed populace. After five days of widespread strikes and marches, Jordan's King Abdullah II dismissed Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Monday. In the past, such symbolic moves have been enough to placate dissent, but this time, Jordanian protesters appear determined to hold out for more systemic change.
Hours after Mulki's dismissal, thousands of demonstrators returned to the streets, calling for a full rollback of the proposed austerity measures. Among them was Mustafa al-Khalili, a 29-year-old engineer living in Amman. This week, as a first-time protester, al-Khalili has found common cause with Jordanians across socioeconomic, tribal, and geographic divides. "People from every part of society are out together," he told The Intercept in a phone interview. "We are united by one thing: We love our country and we are fed up with corruption."
Last Wednesday, al-Khalili and his co-workers received an email from union leaders alerting them that their government was considering a new bill to raise taxes. Al-Khalili was outraged. As a young father in Amman, one of the Middle East's most expensive cities, he was already struggling to make ends meet. The new law - which would raise income taxes on individuals by at least 5 percent and on companies by 20-40 percent - would surely push him, and many of his fellow citizens, over the brink. "So many of us are working full time jobs and still just trying to meet our basic needs," he said. "And many of us are were getting desperate even before this new bill."
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https://theintercept.com/2018/06/05/jordan-protests-Hani-Mulki-austerity-measures/
#1624974 at 2018-06-04 02:12:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2044: BOOMS AHEAD : Keep Your Head Up, Keep Your Heart Strong Edition
Jordan's King Abdullah expected to ask PM to resign: political sources
FILE PHOTO: Jordan's Prime Minister Hani Mulki speaks to the media after the swearing-in ceremony for the new cabinet at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, June 1, 2016.
REUTERS/MUHAMMAD HAMED/FILE PHOTO
(Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah was expected on Monday to ask Prime Minister Hani Mulki to resign in a bid to soothe widespread anger over economic policies that has sparked the largest protests in several years, political sources said.
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1IZ0ZN?
#1623722 at 2018-06-04 00:20:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2042: DARKNESS TO LIGHT Edition
Jordan's King Abdullah expected to ask PM to resign
AMMAN - Jordan's King Abdullah was expected on Monday to ask Prime Minister Hani Mulki to resign in a bid to soothe widespread anger over economic policies that has sparked the largest protests in several years, political sources said.
The dismissal of Mulki was demanded in a series of protests against IMF-backed tax increases that have shaken the kingdom. The sources said King Abdullah had ordered Mulki for an audience in his palace later on Monday.
Mulki, a business-friendly politician, was appointed in May 2016 and given the responsibility of reviving a sluggish economy and business sentiment hit by regional turmoil.
Public anger over IMF-driven government policies has grown since a steep general sales tax hike earlier this year and the abolition of bread subsidies, a staple item for the poor. The increases have caused Mulki's popularity to plummet.
Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets of the capital, Amman, and in main provincial towns on Sunday in an extension of protests that began last Wednesday.
The protests widened on Saturday after Mulki refused to scrap a bill increasing personal and corporate taxes, saying it was up to parliament to decide.
Witnesses said demonstrators who converged near the Cabinet office said they would disband only if the government rescinded the tax bill it sent to parliament last month, which critics say would worsen living standards.
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Jordans-King-Abdullah-expected-to-ask-PM-to-resign-559080