WORLD IN BRIEF : JORDAN : Government Loses Assured Majority
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Jordan’s first parliamentary election in 22 years has deprived the government of an assured majority for the first time in the history of Jordan’s Parliament, hitherto dominated by the executive branch. A government source said that 20 of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood’s 26-man slate had won seats in the 80-seat lower house, along with at least 12 allied independents. He said seven Arab nationalists and four radical leftists, including one Communist, had won seats. About 17 tribal conservatives loyal to the government were elected.
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