Following the popular protests that took place in the Jordanian capital Amman and several provinces, the Jordanian monarch, Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein, ordered the Prime Minister “Hani Al-Mulqi” to stop the decision to raise the fuel prices for the month of June.
The king's orders came as a reaction to the mass protests called by the trade unions and political parties, after Friday prayers, in Amman, asking for the firing of the prime minister, due to the recent economic decisions and the introduction of the Income Tax Bill. The Jordanians consider that these decisions impoverish them and make their financial situations worse.
The calls were raised in Jordan to implement the kings’ decisions that came in reaction to the protest of Friday against the government's recent decisions to raise the fuel prices and the fees imposed on electricity, in light of the crisis of the Income Tax Bill, which caused a widespread uproar.
It is noteworthy that the trade unions called on all their employees and workers in Jordan to strike on last Wednesday to protest against the amended Income Tax Bill submitted by the government to the House of Representatives.
In the same context, local sites said that the Directorate of Public Security addressed the security institutions to be prepared for the calls for mass protests which took place after the Friday prayers.
The General Security pointed out that the forces will be placed in the strike and protests’ sites, in the provinces, in addition to the deployment of an anti-riot forces in a number of places.
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