jordan pulse -

The spokesman for the Independent Election Commission, Muhammad Khair Al-Rawashdeh, said that the number of candidates for the mayorship of Bab Amman was 4 people as of Sunday morning, without the presence of women candidates until this moment.

He added that there is no extension period for candidacy, stressing that the door for candidacy closes with the end of Sunday hours.

Al-Rawashdeh indicated that after the end of the nomination period, the applications are submitted to the Board of Commissioners for a decision, after which the names of the candidates are announced on the website.

The number of those eligible to vote to choose a new mayor for the municipality is 9,000 male and female voters.

The elections for the mayor of Bab Amman come after the death of its mayor in a collision while he was on his way to attend a workshop in Al-Salt Governorate, at the beginning of this year.

Article 49 of the Local Administration Law No. 22 of 2021 stipulates that “if the mayor or member of the municipal council dies, this shall be communicated to the authority, the minister and the administrative governor, and the announcement of the death shall be published in the Official Gazette.” Paragraph A of Article 50 states, “If the position of the mayor becomes vacant for any Reason: The vice-president performs his duties for a maximum period of 4 months, during which a new president is elected for the remaining term of the previous president, unless that period does not exceed a year, as the vice-president continues to carry out the duties of the mayor until the end of the prescribed term, and in this case a vice-president is elected for the remaining term. .