Jordan’s Islamists say new PM must step down
“Al-Bakhit is a security man, a former army general and ex-intelligence official. He doesn’t believe in democracy,” Mansour told The Associated Press. Instead, he said the country needs “a national figure who can tackle Jordan’s serious economic and political crisis.”
Jordan is grappling with a soaring foreign debt estimated at $15 billion, an inflation rate which has swelled by 1.5 percent to 6.1 percent in December and high unemployment and poverty rates — set at 12 and 25 percent respectively.
Mansour also criticized al-Bakhit for signing off on Jordan’s first casino, which the Brotherhood strongly opposed on the grounds that it violated Islamic principles and encouraged vice. The project was later canceled.
I don’t see democracy waiting just outside the door.