A veto by the king may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses of parliament at his discretion, most recently in November 2009.
[1] The king appoints and may dismiss all judges by decree, approves amendments to the constitution after passing by both parliaments, declares war and acts as the supreme leader of the armed forces.
The Cabinet, led by a prime minister, was formerly appointed by the king, but following the 2011 Jordanian protests, King Abdullah agreed to a prime minister selected by and responsible to the Chamber of Deputies on matters of general policy, including the composition of cabinet.
The Chamber of Deputies (Majlis al-Nuwaab) has 138 members, elected for a four-year term in single-seat constituencies with 15 seats reserved for women by a special electoral college, nine for Christians and three for Chechens/Circassians.
In September 2013 Representative Talal al-Sharif tried to shoot one of his colleagues with an assault rifle while at the parliamentary premises.
[6] Abdullah moved quickly to reaffirm Jordan's peace treaty with Israel and its relations with the United States.
This has been interpreted as a pre-emptive move in the context of the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and unfolding events in nearby Egypt.
The Greater Amman Municipality will be excluded from the plan but it will set up a similar decentralization process.
Each region will have an elected council that will handle the political, social, legal, and economic affairs of its area.
The 2018 Jordanian protests started as a general strike organized by more than 30 trade unions on 30 May 2018 after the government of Hani Mulki submitted a new tax law to Parliament.
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