While waiting for the outcome of “family communications”
with HRH Prince Hamzah, authorities must do a lot to keep pace with the
sensitive incident.
اضافة اعلان
A case of this size requires at this stage that
investigators hold a daily presser to keep citizens updated with developments
and investigation findings. The absence of an official narrative and the
alienation that Jordanian media witnessed Saturday must never happen again.
They must also consider holding a closed session for
Parliament, to brief representatives and senators on the full details of the
attempt to destabilize Jordan, as well as hold meetings with notable community
representatives of various ranks to explain the case and its danger to national
security.
On the international level, the world demonstrated
solidarity with Jordan, and absolute support to the measures taken by the
country to maintain its security and stability, as well as its full support for
His Majesty King Abdullah.
The challenge currently facing the state’s institutions
include solidifying the domestic front and mobilizing community forces behind
political leadership and the King.
We are facing open possibilities. Family mediation might
fail to persuade the prince to abandon his rule-adverse political activities,
and the situation might call for steps that no one wants to take. Hence, a
wide-ranging social protection umbrella must be provided to face all possible
scenarios.
Over the years, we have made countless mistakes in the
state’s style of managing its relationship with society, which came at the
expense of the state’s institutions and leadership. It is now time for the
state to review its political and security practices and rebuild consensus.
The circumstances coinciding with the case are difficult and
complex, as the country is suffering from the repercussions of the pandemic,
and the difficult economic conditions have allowed an opening for those wanting
influence citizens’ already muddled loyalty for the state. It also comes at a
time when key decision-making branches are weakened, and there has been a huge
decline in the righteousness of statesmen, their ability to persuade, and their
ability to manage the government’s relationship with an angry and frustrated
public, which is subjected to systematic rumors and lies via social media on a
daily basis.
We are currently in a phase where we are in need of examples
on how creative leadership is able to address public opinion.
At this stage, the best we can do is launch a wide-ranging
reform process, starting from the political arena; to make the opposition feel
like a primary partner in the country’s journey, and to dispose of a political
legacy that has always burdened the state and the society, and led to the loss
in the ability to maneuver and prevail.
Expanding the base of the King’s political legitimacy must
be at the top of our priorities at this
stage. The political game in the country has become so narrow, that institutions
seem isolated and alienated to most, leading in most cases to the majority’s
indifference to the future of the state.
Crises are countries’ opportunities to reform their policies
and instruments, and the opportunity is now open to us without us having chosen
it.
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