Boycotting the parliamentary elections Jordan for the year 1997 and the position of the Muslim Brotherhood towards it

Abstract

It seems that the Jordanian government faced problems during the elections that were held in 1997, and these problems resulted from the position of some political parties that were objecting to the democratic approach that the Jordanian government was trying to promote and reflect on the international community as it pursues democratic methods in building the state, led by the parties that were It strongly opposes it and questions this approach (the elections), which is the Muslim Brotherhood movement. From the window, we must point out the role played by King Hussein bin Talal, as he made tours in many Jordanian governorates, especially those that witness the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in them, to push them to large popular participation in the elections. The issue of boycotting the elections practiced by some parties and forces that was raising The slogan of national reform, and the representative in the Jordanian parliament no longer represented the nation, but was striving to achieve what his clan and government aspired to, and for this the state began to support some parties at the expense of others, especially the National Constitutional Party, to be its supporter with approval towards other parties that are trying to undermine the democratic elections that drawn up by the government for the year 1997.