12 candidates to vie for vacant Amman seat

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Amman, Feb 19 (Petra) -- Twelve candidates will run for a parliament seat rendered vacant by the death of a lawmaker in Amman, the Central Elections Commission CEC head announced as a three-day period set to apply for candidacy expired on Saturday.

The Council of Ministers had set March 19 as the day of balloting to fill the seat in Amman's First District left vacant by the death of MP Rashed Barayseh.

Amman Governor and CEC Chairman, Samir Mbaydin, said the commission had accepted all the candidates list as their applications had met candidacy regulations, adding that their names will be published in local dailies tomorrow.

He told Petra that voters could contest any of the candidates at the specialized Court of Appeal over a period of three days starting tomorrow. Mbaydin said balloting and vote-counting will take place in the same centers where voting for the 16th Jordanian Parliament took place last November.

Source: Jordan Directions.
Link: http://www.jordandirections.com/2011021918882/local/12-candidates-to-vie-for-vacant-amman-seat.