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Article: Political parties initiate campaign against law.
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- Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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Byline: Alia Shukri Hamzeh
Apr. 12--AMMAN -- Heads of some 30 political parties on Wednesday said they would use all available means to fight the recently endorsed parties law, which many described as a "death warrant for the country's political life." "There was constant talk of political imbalance in the past, but now with such a law, we are up against a complete political void," Ahmad Shunnaq of the National Constitutional Party told reporters following a symbolic sit-in staged by party leaders yesterday in protest against the controversial law. Shunnaq, along with other party heads, said the new law was highly restrictive and totally contradicts His ...