On Sunday:Jordan’s King Abdullah chosen veteran politician Hani Mulqi as concierge PM after dissolving parliament as its four-year term nears its end, and charged him with organizing new elections by October.

The resignation of PM Abdullah Ensour was accepted by King before appointing Mulqi by royal decree. Mulki has held senior government posts in successive administrations.

According to the Jordan traditionally votes, as per the tribal and family allegiances but parliament amended the electoral laws in March in a move government sources and political analysts say will lead to more candidates from political parties vying for votes.

As analysts says that, “the tribal lawmakers who dominated the last parliament had tried to resist changes which might undermine their influence, under a system that still favors sparsely populated tribal areas which benefit most from state patronage.”

According to the political analysts, “Jordan’s main political opposition comes from the Muslim Brotherhood movement but it faces increasing legal curbs on its activities, leaving mostly pro-monarchy parties and some independent Islamists and politicians to compete in these elections”

Its political arm in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front, represents many disenfranchised Jordanians of Palestinian origin, which are in the majority in the population of seven million and live mostly in urban areas.-they added.

Analysts further says, “it  could be difficult for the Brotherhood, which has operated legally in Jordan for decades, to participate in the election after the authorities closed many of its offices and encouraged a splinter group to legally challenge the main movement’s licence to operate.”

Western diplomats and independent politicians say, “ the absence of the group, which has strong grassroots support in urban centres, could undermine the legitimacy of the election”.