Editing office - Jordan

Legal experts interviewed by Jordan News stressed that the decision violates the law, and will add to the suffering of the citizens who have to cope with price hikes and cash shortages. 

Advocate Hassan Al-Hattab, representative of the Geneva based International Commission for Human Rights in Amman, said the increase is a clear violation of the Constitution and the Lower House bylaws, and that it burdens an already exhausted public budget without justification.Hattab said the government should not have resorted to the latest hike in fuel prices when global crude prices are stabilizing, reiterating that the bonus is a provocation of citizens, a violation of the General Budget Law and of the Constitution.