IAF mulls overhaul to involve more members in key decisions

AMMAN — The Islamic Action Front (IAF) shura council on Tuesday embarked on discussing amendments to its regulations to allow members of the general assembly to take part in the secretary general’s election and increase the participation of women and young people.

IAF spokesperson Murad Adaileh said only the eight members of the party's shura council elect the secretary general at present, and the move seeks to ensure better participation of the 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm.

In addition, the amendments, he noted, include increasing the number of shura council members to 12 and the number of women in the IAF’s leading positions.

Meanwhile, Adaileh told The Jordan Times that the IAF council has not yet discussed the recent mass resignation of 400 of its members.

“We postponed looking into them,” Adaileh said, adding that there is still an effort to convince those who walked out to withdraw their resignations.

On December 31, 400 members including top leaders and founding members tendered their resignations to the leadership of the IAF. 

Before that, they had gathered in a group dubbed the “Partnership and Rescue” committee, which is also known as the “Group of Elders”. 

“We have not yet received any official request for negotiations,” Khaled Hassanain, the Partnership and Rescue committee’s spokesperson, told The Jordan Times on Tuesday. 

However, he said, no attempts will convince the resigning members to revisit their decision as it is “final” and more resignations will be submitted soon.