Jordan News

Today, Wednesday, the House of Representatives will hold a session to discuss a declaration of intent signed by the government with the UAE and Israel, at 10:30 am, based on the provisions of Articles (131-134) of the House of Representatives’ bylaws.

The House of Representatives called last week to discuss the declaration of intent after a parliamentary memorandum submitted by 76 deputies, based on the provisions of Articles (131-133) of the House’s bylaws.

The parliamentary memorandum stipulated the following: “We, the undersigned representatives, in accordance with the provisions of Article (123) of the internal system, demand that a general discussion session be held on the agreement of intent that the government, represented by the Minister of Water, signed with Israel and the UAE, as an urgent matter.” However, the parliament’s internal system set a session Others were for discussion and were voted on, and some of them left the session in protest against the presence of the Minister of Water and Irrigation, Muhammad Al-Najjar, under the dome.

A general declaration of intent was signed at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday between Jordan, the UAE and Israel, to enter into a negotiating process to discuss the feasibility of a joint energy and water project.