Jordan Commission Legislative Candidates Reject List "Saddam Hussein"

                            

AMMAN, KOMPAS.com - Election Commission of Jordan, Sunday (12/30/2012) refused certify a list of independent candidates. Because the list of independent candidates that use the name of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

"We have appealed against the refusal of the electoral commission on Saddam Hussein's list of independent candidates that we asked," said Faiz Ziyadneh, from groups that filed the list of names.

Election Commission since Thursday (27/12/2012), has passed all the candidates for the general election on 23 January, except for the names in the list of Saddam Hussein.

"The refusal was because the list was the name of an individual," the news agency of Jordan, Petra .

Electoral Commission declared reject all name that could trigger sectarian conflict, religious or racial that could endanger national unity.

However, this decision has been criticized Ziyadneh who said the election commission has no legal basis and election law does not state any restrictions linked list candidates.

Ziyadneh add the name to the list based on one of the candidates of the nine names on the list. One candidate was named Saddam Hussein al-Hawamdah wared. However, it is also not dismiss Ziyadneh name was also pinned in memory of the former Iraqi leader.

Ziyadneh confirmed list of candidates from Mafraq province to the north of Amman that is a list of unrelated independent of any political party , including the Baath party, Saddam Hussein's party.

"Amman appeals court will decide within three days whether this list should be named Saddam Hussein," said Ziyadneh.

" ; If the court refuses, then another name will be determined at a meeting of the members and we likely would not participate in the elections, "added ziyadneh.

A total of 1,500 candidates, including 213 women, have registered for the participate in the legislative elections in Jordan.