Jordan: King Abdullah dissolves parliament, appoints new PM

Amman-Jordan – 30/5/2016

The Jordanian King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein issued a royal decree to dissolve the House of Representatives starting from Sunday, by virtue of paragraph (3) of Article (34) of the country’s constitution. Abdullah Nsour was replaced by Hani Mulki who was assigned to form a new government.

Accompanying the release of the royal decree to dissolve the House of Representatives another decision to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Abdullah Nsour and the Council of Ministers in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled before the end of this year