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JERUSALEM — Several dozen Jordanian tribesmen, historically core loyalists to the monarchy, have issued a rare statement calling for urgent and far-reaching political reform in Jordan. They said that without it, the country was headed down the path taken by Tunisia and Egypt.
“Before stability and food, the Jordanian people seek liberty, dignity, democracy, justice, equality, human rights and an end to corruption,” said the statement, signed by 36 members of tribes, mostly Bedouins.
The statement called on King Abdullah II to no longer appoint the members of his Cabinet but rather for them to be elected.
The king named a new prime minister last week in an effort to calm the waters.
