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In compliance with the royal directive, the Council of Ministers, in its session held on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh, approved the reasons for the draft general amnesty law for the year 2024, and referred it to the Bureau of Legislation and Opinion as a matter of urgency. To be discussed and studied in the Ministerial Legal Committee, and returned to the Council before the beginning of next week. To duly approve it and send it to the National Assembly in accordance with constitutional requirements; To be completed during the current regular session.
The Prime Minister said during the session that, in compliance with the royal directive of His Majesty King Abdullah II today, and on the occasion of the silver jubilee of His Majesty assuming his constitutional powers, the government today began preparing a draft general amnesty law.
Al-Khasawneh stressed that the draft law takes into account the public interest, preserves the personal rights of citizens and civil rights, establishes the principles of justice and proceeds in accordance with them, and enshrines the principle of the rule of law, in a manner that does not conflict with the requirements of national security and societal peace.
He pointed out that the reasons for the draft law take into account the frameworks associated with this high royal directive to put it into effect, and for it to pass through its constitutional stages during the current regular session of the National Assembly, while giving it the status of urgency.
He stressed that this royal high honor gives anyone who strays from the path of truth at any given moment the opportunity to review himself and his calculations and follow the right approach envisioned for that.
He also stressed that the draft law also enshrines the principles of restorative justice in public settings, without prejudice to civil rights and people’s civil rights, as well as without any prejudice to any tax issues, issues related to competition law, issues related to customs, or any issues related to the public revenues of the treasury in general, away from violations. Very simple or basic frameworks are outside the scope of this guidance.