About 2,000 people demonstrated across Jordan on Friday to demand the dissolution of the “parliament of shame,” over a suspected corruption case involving a gambling casino.
More than 1,000 Jordanians took part in a demonstration organised by the Islamist opposition in central Amman after midday prayers, also calling for the resignation of the government and the “downfall” of parliament.
MPs on Monday failed to impeach Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit for his alleged role in a suspected graft case about a multi-million-dollar deal that his government singed with a British-based company to build a casino, between 2005 and 2007 when he first served as premier.
“The casino government should go. No to the casino parliament,” read one of the banners carried by the demonstrators. “Down with Bakhit and his gambling government. A dishonest broker cannot protect the country,” they chanted.
