{"id":18428,"date":"2018-10-14T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=18428"},"modified":"2018-10-14T16:22:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T16:22:38","slug":"jordans-king-abdullah-vows-to-crack-down-on-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=18428","title":{"rendered":"Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah vows to crack down on corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1387636\/middle-east\" readability=\"77\">\n<p>AMMAN: Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II has opened the country\u2019s third ordinary session of parliament and delivered a speech during which he vowed to crack down on corruption.<br \/>\n<br \/>The king acknowledged \u201cdissatisfaction with the way current challenges are being addressed.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cThe process of construction and development in Jordan, as in other countries, has been marred by some flaws and challenges, which we need to learn from,\u201d he said in his speech to mark the opening of parliament in Amman.<br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cHomelands are not built with skepticism and self-flagellation, nor with undermining achievements or denying them, but with knowledge, will and hard work.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/>The king said he will not allow \u201cJordan\u2019s reputation be at stake,\u201d stressing that the country is capable of fighting corruption.<br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cAll Jordanians have an equal right to justice, and corruption will not be left unaddressed to become a chronic social illness.<br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cI hereby affirm that the state\u2019s institutions are well capable of uprooting corruption and holding to account those who dare to encroach on public funds,\u201d he added.<br \/>\n<br \/>Earlier in June, thousands of Jordanians hit the streets to protest against corruption, price rises and austerity measures.<br \/>\n<br \/>The week of mass demonstrations forced the prime minister\u2019s resignation and the withdrawal of a controversial income tax bill.<br \/>\n<br \/>With a lack of natural resources to boost state coffers, Jordan relies heavily on foreign aid and faces an unemployment rate of 18.5 percent.<br \/>\n<br \/>In 2016 Amman secured a $723-million loan from the International Monetary Fund, but the resultant economic reforms led to price hikes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMMAN: Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II has opened the country\u2019s third ordinary session of parliament and delivered a speech during which he vowed to crack down on corruption. The king acknowledged \u201cdissatisfaction with the way current challenges are being addressed.\u201d \u201cThe process of construction and development in Jordan, as in other countries, has been marred by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}