Jordan's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests Against Austerity
Jane Arraf
Protesters demonstrate outside the prime minister's office in Amman late on June 2, as security forces stand on alert. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty Images
The biggest protests in years in Jordan brought down the country's prime minister and his cabinet Monday.
After four nights of anti-government protests in Amman and other cities, Jordan's King Abdullah II summoned Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki to the palace, where Mulki tendered his resignation.
Jordan's education minister Omar Razzaz, a Harvard-educated economist, has been appointed the new prime minister and will name a new cabinet. It will be up to him to defuse a crisis over a tax plan — for Jordanians, the last straw in a long list of burdensome austerity measures imposed in the midst of the country's economic crisis.
Read more at: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/06/04/616917869/jordanian-prime-minister-resigns-after-large-anti-government-protests
They had some big protests there. Credit to the government for not severely quashing the demonstrations. The King must have the real power there. Anyway, their PM has stepped down, told to leave, however it happened.
