Jordan's largest opposition party withdrew from the country's first-ever elections for city mayors Tuesday, marring a vote the government has touted as an important democratic reform.
Jordan's municipal elections were thrown into turmoil on Tuesday when the main opposition Islamist party withdrew its candidates in protest after polls opened.
Jordan's first municipal elections since a new law gave women a 20 percent quota was thrown into turmoil Tuesday when the main opposition Islamist party withdrew its candidates after the start of balloting, citing fraud.
The Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and the most influential political opposition group in the country, said that violence and allegations of corruption would lend legitimacy to the government's efforts to weaken the group.
The Islamist main opposition group withdrew from Jordan's first mayoral elections on Tuesday and accused the government of fraud, marring a vote that this key U.S. ally described as an important democratic reform.
Jordan's Islamist Action Front (IAF) party on Tuesday pulled out all its candidates from municipal elections citing "fraud", IAF MP Zuhair Abu al-Ragheb told AFP.
Jordan's first private television station ATV starts broadcasting today (Wednesday), the Middle East Times reported. Officials said the channel would offer viewers an alternative to state-run Jordan Television. ATV will run news bulletins, sport, and cultural and children's programmes.
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Jordan holds council elections for the first time under a new law guaranteeing quotas of women officials.
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