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Post deals and party disputes: behind the scenes of the election for the Jordanian House of Representatives presidency

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Four parliamentary blocs with about 100 deputies have agreed on how to split the posts of the standing bureau and the chamber's presidency. The move has drawn disputes within parties, along with objections to the exclusion of the opposition and to what critics see as an infringement on MPs' independence.

Jordan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of its National Assembly, elects its own speaker and bureau at the start of each session, and blocs of deputies typically negotiate these posts.

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