n and untenable,” Ahmad Oweidi Abbadi tells The Report."} 73:T4e2,

Abbadi is a former MP, who had been jailed for two years in 2007, after being accused of slander for posting on the Internet a condemnation of King Abdallah’s corrupt government in an open letter addressed to US Senator Harry Reid. “It has brought nothing new; only assurances of refusing reform that will lead to fundamental change,” Abbadi says, emphasizing that the anti-corruption measures the government has announced have not brought any substantial change and that the corrupt are “influential and beyond the reach of the authorities.”72:{"position":22,"content":"$73"} 74:{"position":23,"content":"But former minister of Information Saleh Qallab, a columnist for Al-Rai Daily, argues, “Although we are heading towards reform at a slow pace, we are going in the right direction and with time and patience we will make it with the King’s wisdom and broad vision that emphasizes the interests of the country and the people.”"} 75:{"position":24,"content":"Referring to the impeachment and indictment vote, Saed Ouran, protesting in late July, tells The Report, “This vote was a moment of shame for Parliament, shame on the government, and a shame for the Jordanian people. Be

Arab summer in Amman

Jordan remains politically and socially stable