It is not new to repeat, recall and affirm that today we live in a country that suffers from many internal and external challenges, on top of which are unemployment, loss of confidence and declining opportunities to restore it, in addition to difficult economic conditions, a decline in public administration at various levels, and other obstacles and challenges .
Today we are talking about one of the challenges, which is the electoral law, and we hear whispers here and there, rumors and stories about the shape of the law and the shape of the electoral system. Will it be one, two or three votes? This is not the important thing, but the important thing is that this law fulfills four basic criteria, the first of which is the fairness of the electoral process and the basis of this Justice is to establish clear foundations for determining the seats in each electoral district related to the population, development situation, distance from the capital, and the area of that governorate. These foundations must be linked to a clear equation that is not subject to the moods of officials and decision makers. The other dimension in electoral justice is setting an upper limit on spending and a real control of the vote and candidate trading markets.
As for the second criterion, it is represented in ensuring the freedom of voters and candidates before and during the electoral process and the ability of the electoral administration to preserve the freedom of voters from any infringement or violation, cooperating with all official and unofficial bodies in that, especially since the freedom criterion does not affect the electoral process only, but also touches the structure Jordanian community and the violation of the rights of others.
The third criterion is to ensure the integrity of the elections from any official and unofficial interference in all stages of the electoral process, and the availability of a set of legal and procedural guarantees that can restore confidence in the electoral process and contribute to drawing a map for the formation of a parliament that represents the visions and aspirations of electoral rules.
Finally, the fourth criterion is represented in the existence of guarantees of full transparency for all stages of the electoral process, especially since transparency is a basic requirement for the renaissance and development of peoples and a link between the citizen and the decision maker, which represents an important basis in the electoral reform pyramid.
The bottom line; If there are guarantees to provide these four criteria, then we can move on to talking about the two-vote, three-vote, closed or open electoral system and all its other aspects, but let us be realistic that any proposal goes beyond the idea of a national list with a reasonable percentage of Parliament and that voting for it is free based on Political blocs, there is no point in this system, whether it is two or three votes. The other matter is holding consultations with citizens and experts within an organized, documented national dialogue based on a scientific basis, meaning that options are presented to citizens with the advantages of each system to be a focused dialogue on each issue separately.
