Step on the way

Hamada Faraana

I was pleased to meet the Secretary-Generals of the leftist nationalist parties: the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the Workers' Party, the Reform and Renewal Harvest Party, the Civil Democratic Party, and the Nationalist Movement Party. Their response to my invitation and the success of the meeting, which was attended by a number of trade union and independent figures, took place on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
The meeting of the five nationalist and leftist parties with independent individuals discussed:
First, to continue the initiative aimed at eliminating the differences, disagreements, and interpretations that resulted from the previous parliamentary elections, especially between the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and the Jordanian Communist Party.
Second, work theoretically and practically towards consolidating and strengthening relations between the parties of the nationalist and leftist currents, as a necessary prelude to bringing together the remaining political forces belonging to this broad dual current, and to coordinate and form a pluralistic national alliance in the local council and provincial council elections, leading up to the House of Representatives elections, and benefiting from the results of the failure of the leftist and nationalist parties in previous electoral cycles.
In the same vein, work towards an alliance in the elections of professional and labor unions, and any similar general elections.
Third, reviewing proposed initiatives presented on the Jordanian political scene, including:
The initiative of the three leftist parties: the Communist Party, the People's Democratic Rally Party, and the Popular Unity Party, towards the National Front.
The Civil Democratic Party initiative presented by the party's chairman, Engineer Jamal Qamouh, in which he said:
"Our proposed project aims to unify the democratic movement in Jordan. Discussions about the unity of the left (the democratic movement) are not new. Before the parliamentary elections, six parties from this movement entered into serious dialogue to form an alliance in the last elections. However, practical complications led to a dead end, and the party entered into a separate alliance with the Social Democratic Party, with which it shares the principles of social democracy. The result was a fragmentation of votes and the loss of this broad movement's opportunity to obtain a reasonable number of seats.
Qamouh said the party's executive office has decided to launch this initiative and explore innovative ways to overcome obstacles. The initiative does not include inviting licensed parties, but will include independents who identify with this movement, leading to a national forum that lays the foundations for unity and commits to a credible roadmap for achieving it.
Independent attendees and union leaders submitted a written paper at this meeting that included the following text:
First, we work for Jordan's security, stability, progress, democracy and pluralism.
And to fulfill rights and duties on the basis of equality, justice and equal opportunities, and in accordance with the royal parliamentary constitutional system that is based on respect for:
1- The head of state, His Majesty the King, with the values, requirements and continuity he represents.
2- Transparent and clean parliamentary elections.
3- Party parliamentary governments.
4- Elected local councils, as a powerful force.
Second: 1- Supporting the survival and steadfastness of the Palestinian Arab people on their homeland, which has no other homeland: Palestine.
2- Support his struggle to regain his national rights in his homeland to equality, freedom and independence.
3- The return of refugees and the restoration of their properties in the cities and villages from which they were previously expelled.
Third: Our tools for action: a civil, democratic, constitutional, and legal system, in accordance with the results of the ballot boxes and respect for their outcomes.

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