Jordan is a constitutional parliamentary monarchy led by HM the King of Jordan, head of the State, and Commander in Chief. HM the King of Jordan appoints the Prime Minister who then formed his cabinet famously upon a national consensus on Cabinet Members and his own figure.
The Government led by the Prime Minister has to stand before the House of Nation (Senates; appointed with right to amend, Representatives; elected with right to bills introduction) and hath to pass a measure of trust (I, vote, majority of 110 representatives of different cities and districts).
For any law bill to pass it has to have the 2/3 majority of both Houses, shall be issued a Royal Decree, and shall not contradict the foundation of Constitution.
The Judiciary System is the third pillar of the establishment, and enjoys independence and right to challenge context of law bills that found to be unconstitutional.
The Civil Criminal Judicial System has limited the execution of Death Penalty to those crimes of severe nature (murder if established to be intentional, rape of 15 years old and younger, terrorists’ attacks and vandalism acts if led to murder of individuals)
The system allows in stance of the victim’ family (murder only) a type of pardon (curfew), results usually in third party (other family) intervention to agree a type of peace’ talks among all involved parties.
There are no rules enacted to support homosexual rights, and generic note of abortion law indicates that the law does not consider a legal act, and the same goes to HIV/AIDS positive anti-discrimination regulation that does not in place till this moment.
It is a common practice in Jordan to apply “don’t ask … don’t tell” and let the debate begins
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