'Lower House's Legal Committee receives law on preventing displacement of Palestinians'

AMMAN — Head of the Lower House's Legal Committee Mustapha Amawi said that the panel has received a proposed draft law on preventing the displacement of Palestinians to Jordan. 

Amawi told the government-owned Al Mamlakah TV that the draft law will be referred to the Chamber for deliberations and given the "urgency status," once the committee finalized by the committee. 

The veteran MP said that the law supports the official position of Jordan on the displacement of the Palestinians.

Head of the House’s Palestine Committee Sulaiman Saud has recently said that the law will be implemented “regardless of the cost" once it passes all constitutional stages.

He said that the approval process for the law “would not take long”, noting that the timeline depends on the observations, ideas, and amendments suggested by MPs.

Saud said that the importance of the proposed law lies in its alignment with national principles to prevent the displacement of Palestinians, stressing that "Jordanians stand united behind His Majesty King Abdullah, as was clearly evident in the protests that took place across all governorates."

A number of MPs have suggested the issuance of a law that prevents the displacement of Palestinians to Jordan following statements by US President Donald Trump.

According to Paragraph A of Article 95 of the Constitution, "Any ten or more Senators or Deputies may propose any law. Such proposal shall bereferred to the committee concerned in the House for its views. If the House is of the opinion that the proposal be accepted it shall refer it to the Government for drafting it in the form of draft law, and to submit it to the House either during the same session or at the following session."