Jordan Chamber of Commerce seeks support from Parliament members

AMMAN — Jordan Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) board of directors on Tuesday informed Senator Marouf Bakhit, Senate 2nd deputy president, and Jamal Gammoh, head of the Lower House’s energy and mineral resources committee, that raising electricity charges will negatively affect the competitiveness of the industrial sector and will lead to increasing operational costs.

In a JCC statement, the board said such a step would lead to job cuts at factories and stoppages or force industrialists to shift to neighbouring countries.

The board called on the Parliament to support the industrial sector and convince the government to freeze the decision at the current time, until a committee studies the effects.

The board noted that all studies JCC has made show that the sector will be “greatly” harmed. Bakhit stressed the importance of supporting the sector due to its high ability to employ Jordanians and its contributions to the national economy.