AMMAN — Engineers across the Kingdom cast their ballots on Monday on their decision regarding controversy over amendments to the Jordanian Engineers’ Association (JEA) Law, which were adopted by the association’s board in November, amid accusations that the association’s board did not follow correct procedures and manipulated the system to have the changes endorsed.
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On Friday, an extraordinary meeting of the general assembly was abruptly adjourned due to chaos, verbal assaults, and acts of violence, prompting the association’s board to call for some kind of referendum to be held at the association branches on Monday.
These developments happened on the backdrop of a mid-November meeting of the JEA’s board, in which, according to the White List in opposition (Islamists and independents) the syndicate’s president, Ahmad Samara Al-Zu’bi, acted in violation of the law and declared the amendments approved without properly counting the votes.
As a result, four members of the association’s board, including the head of the electrical engineering division, Malik Al-Amayreh, who insisted in remarks to Jordan News on Sunday that there was foul play in the endorsement process, resigned from the board.
In remarks to the press, Samara promised fair and free votes on Monday to help the general assembly reach a final decision on the issue.
The JEA vice-president told Jordan News on Sunday that “most of the amendments to the law serve the interests of engineers, especially young members of the association,” and charged that “there are parties that insist on rejecting any legislative changes for the sake of rejection and in a bid to deprive the board of any chance to implement a previously agreed on program.”
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