Gov’t wants political parties established around Kingdom — Kalaldeh

By Petra - Jul 06,2015 - Last updated at Jul 06,2015

AMMAN — The government wants political parties that play an active role to be established in various parts of the Kingdom and lead to the formation of parliamentary governments, Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs Khaled Kalaldeh said on Monday.

During a meeting with representatives of the national assembly of political parties for reform that was held at the ministry, Kalaldeh said the new political parties law stipulates that funds allocated to support political parties should come from the state budget so no party can block or prevent this support.

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