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Elections are over in Jordan and many bloggers are venting!

Published January 28th, 2013 - 07:20 GMT

Jordanoholic calculated that less than 20% of Jordanians are represented in the new parliament and this has got to change! Brick in the Head has designed new slogans for the candidates and the good news is that 19 women were voted into the Jordanian parliament for 2013.
Blogger Brick in the Head has designed what he sees as appropriate symbols for the Jordanian parliamentary candidates.
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Jordanoholic [2]
Jordan's Parliament Proportional Representation, 81.4% not yet represented in 2013!
A former MP campaigns with a poster of himself burning an Israeli flag in parliament and wins by a landslide. Is this really what motivates struggling Jordanians nowadays?
Brick in the Head [3]
The Missing Electoral Symbol
Our parliament is a waste of public funds and is morally bankrupt; and I believe the above symbols should have been among the symbols used.
Helfwit [4]
Jordan Elections: 'Empty Pageant', Kim Dotcom on Internet Freedoms,...
Empty Pageant? Russia Today news seems to think so.
Al Rasub [5]
‘New Era’ On Horizon As 19 Women Win House Seats
With 19 women winning Wednesday’s parliamentary elections for the first time in the Kingdom’s history, activists said on Saturday this has set the stage for a “new era” for women in Jordan.
Source URL: http://www.albawaba.com/blog_roundup/jordan-elections-blog-466659

Links:
[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://www.jordanoholic.com/blog/reform/jordan-parliament-representation-2013
[3] http://brickinthehead.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-missing-electoral-symbol/
[4] http://helfwit-helfwit.blogspot.com/2013/01/89-jordan-elections-empty-pageant-kim.html
[5] http://www.alrasub.com/new-era-on-horizon-as-19-women-win-house-seats/