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Jordan's Opposition Party to Boycott Elections

   VOA News 30 July 2010

   Jordan's  largest  opposition group says it will boycott the country's
   November parliamentary elections.
   The decision late Thursday deals a blow to polls the government hailed
   as a cornerstone of political reforms.
   The  powerful  Muslim  Brotherhood  Movement based its decision on the
   fallout  from  a  new  electoral  law, which it says will undercut the
   group's robust showing in past elections.
   The  new  legislation  reduced  seats for lawmakers elected from urban
   areas,  where  the  Brotherhood  is popular.  It increased seats from
   rural regions, dominated by pro-government Bedouin tribes.
   The  boycott  by  the country's largest opposition group will leave it
   without a voice in parliament.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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