AMMAN —
Jordanian university students are engaged in political activities, experts told
Al-Malaka TV on Wednesday, but they were divided on what proportion of the
student body was engaged in partisan life.
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According to the
head of student affairs at the University of Jordan, Mohannad Mubeadeen, 7
percent of university students are members of political parties.
“The majority of
students express their political opinions through the universities’ lists, but
students’ political participation is moderate overall,” he said.
The heads of some
student affairs departments “do not appreciate” the idea of political life at
universities, Mubeadeen contended, despite the Universities Law no longer
criminalizing or penalizing partisan activity on campus.
By contrast, one
of the Independent Election Commission’s board of commissioners, Raed Sami
Al-Adwan, estimated that around 34 percent of university students have partisan
or political affiliations.
Many of the past
concerns about student political activity’s impact on security “no longer exist”,
Adwan asserted.
He attributed the
low rates of political participation among the youth to a variety of reasons,
the foremost of which was the internet.
“The Independent
Election Commission will launch several projects aimed at public political
awareness” according to Adwan.
Coordinator of the
National Campaign for Student’s Rights Fakhir Daas estimated that “66 percent of students have
political affiliations, while 34 percent have no political orientation.” He
stressed that most of the active student forces in universities are
non-partisan.
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