House seeks strong partnership with civil society — speaker

AMMAN — Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening partnership between the House and civil society institutions, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Tarawneh made his remarks during the opening session of a regional meeting for centres of parliamentary research, held in cooperation with Westminster Foundation for Democracy, in which delegations from Arab and foreign countries are taking part.

The speaker said part of the House’s reform vision was establishing the “Centre for Legislative Studies and Research” in cooperation with the foundation. The two-day regional meeting discusses means to conduct good parliament research and includes a panel discussion on decentralisation.