Jordan’s King Abdullah issues decree to hold parliamentary elections

On Wednesday, Jordan’s King Abdullah issued a royal decree to hold a parliamentary election, with the date to be set within the next 10 days by an independent election commission.

The election will be held at a time the aid-dependant country grapples with a severe economic contraction with the impact of COVID-19 amid heightened worries about any unilateral Israeli move to annex territory in the occupied West Bank.