Wah bakal rame kalau demonstrasi terjadi di Arab Saudi.. --- In [email protected], "sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > Apakah mungkin terjadi demo di Arab Saudia seperti yang terjadi di Tunis dan > Mesir? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jusfiq > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:19 PM > Subject: [proletar] ljazeera: Thousands protest in Jordan > > > > Wah rame... > > Dunia Arab sedang goncang rupanya. > > Tapi apakah akan berubah betul? > > -- > > Middle East > Thousands protest in Jordan > Protesters gather across the country, demanding the prime minister step > down. > Last Modified: 28 Jan 2011 13:24 GMT > > Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, > demanding the country's prime minister step down, and the government curb > rising prices, inflation and unemployment. > > In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about 3,500 opposition > activists from Jordan's main Islamist opposition group, trade unions and > leftist organisations gathered in the capital, waving colourful banners > reading: "Send the corrupt guys to court". > > The crowd denounced Samir Rifai's, the prime minister, and his unpopular > policies. > > Many shouted: "Rifai go away, prices are on fire and so are the > Jordanians.'' > > Another 2,500 people also took to the streets in six other cities across > the country after the noon prayers. Those protests also called for Rifai's > ouster. > > Members of the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim > Brotherhood and Jordan's largest opposition party, swelled the ranks of the > demonstrators, massing outside the al-Husseini mosque in Amman and filling > the downtown streets with their prayer lines. > > King Abdullah has promised some reforms, particularly on a controversial > election law. But many believe it is unlikely he will bow to demands for the > election of the prime minister and Cabinet officials, traditionally appointed > by the king. > > Rifai also announced a $550 million package of new subsidies in the last > two weeks for fuel and staple products like rice, sugar, livestock and > liquefied gas used for heating and cooking. It also includes a raise for > civil servants and security personnel. > > Record deficit > > However, Jordan's economy continues to struggle, weighed down by a record > deficit of $2bn this year. > > Inflation has also risen by 1.5 per cent to 6.1 per cent just last month, > unemployment and poverty are rampant - estimated at 12 and 25 per cent > respectively. > > Ibrahim Alloush, a university professor, told the Associated Press that it > was not a question of changing faces or replacing one prime minister with > another. > > "We're demanding changes on how the country is now run," he said. > > He also accused the government of impoverishing the working class with > regressive tax codes which forced the poor to pay a higher proportion of > their income as tax. > > He also accused parliament as serving as a "rubber stamp'' to the executive > branch. > > "This is what has led people to protest in the streets because they don't > have venues for venting how they feel through legal means," Alloush said. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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