AMMAN — Representatives
of Maan governorate in southern Jordan reached an agreement with truck owners
Saturday to suspend their strike, clear the main roads, and return to work,
according to a document obtained by Khaberni News.
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The document was confirmed by MP
Tayseer Krishan
Krishan stated that a meeting was
held that included all representatives from Maan and the southern Badia and
drivers and owners of transport companies. The meeting covered various topics
that will be transferred to the concerned authorities, he added.
According to Krishan, the
strikers agreed to return to work, and the owners of the tankers went to the
phosphate mines and the port of Aqaba. Krishan also noted that this came after
a lot of goods accumulated as a result of the strike.
The strikes, which broke out last
week, started with truckers in Aqaba and Maan governorates but have since grown
to include drivers and owners of taxis, rideshare cabs, minibuses, and water
tankers.
On Thursday, gunfire killed a
senior officer and wounded two other police in the Kingdom’s south, where
protesters have taken to the streets for days against rising fuel prices,
authorities said on Friday.
Col. Abdul Razzaq Dalabeeh, the
deputy police chief of Maan province, was shot in the head on while officers
tried to "calm down riots" in the southern town of Husseiniya, the
Public Security Directorate said in a statement.
The government has since
intensified efforts to find the assailant and increased security presence in
several areas across the Kingdom.
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