The decision to hold parliamentary elections reflects Amman’s insistence on applying a dated paradigm to manage Jordan’s political and socioeconomic challenges.

Any election law needs to be inclusive, and needs to take into account the views of the electorate, so that people feel it is representative and fair. Until that happens in Jordan, all election laws, current and future, are going to be criticized.

Activist groups rarely talk to each other in public, and when they do, their discourses aim primarily at mobilizing support within their own camps rather than addressing each other's concerns.