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| Jordan Islamists Assured of Fair Elections |
| 2007-09-22 |
| Leaders of Jordan’s influential Muslim Brotherhood movement have received assurances from Prime Minister Marouf Bakheet that the Nov. 20 parliamentary elections will be held in a “fair atmosphere,” the group’s chief Salem Falahat said yesterday. However, he told Arab News that the Brotherhood and its political arm, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), “have not yet decided to take part in the general elections.” “We received assurances from the prime minister that the polling process would be held in a fair manner in compliance with King Abdallah desire,” Falahat said. On Wednesday, Falahat took part in the surprise meeting with Bakheet, which was the first encounter between the two sides since July 31 when the Muslim Brotherhood movement and the IAF accused the government of “rigging” the municipal elections. |
| Posted by:Fred |