JORDAN: Government squashes rumours of King Abdullah attack

Record ID: 352562

  • Title: JORDAN: Government squashes rumours of King Abdullah attack
  • Date: 14th June 2011
  • Summary: AMMAN, JORDAN (JUNE 13, 2011) (REUTERS) MINISTER OF STATE FOR MEDIA RELATION AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TAHER ADWAN WALKING (SOUNBITE) (Arabic) MINISTER OF STATE FOR MEDIA RELATION AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TAHER ADWAN SAYING: "After the king and his convoy left, some citizens were trying to reach the monarch to hand him letters with demands or to greet him, but they were
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  • Location: Jordan, Jordan
  • Country: Jordan
  • Topics: Royalty,Domestic Politics
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  • Story Text: Jordanian government spokesman Taher Adwan on Monday (June 13) denied reports of an attack on King Abdullah's motorcade while he was on an official tour in the southern city of Tafilah.
    "After the king and his convoy left, some citizens were trying to reach the monarch to hand him letters with demands or to greet him, but they were stopped by the gendarmerie forces. It is totally untrue that the motorcade was stoned," said Adwan, insisting that Abdullah is popular across the kingdom, despite anger against government policies.
    "Objections of the town's residents against the government has nothing to do with their reception to His Majesty the King. The king, wherever he goes in Jordan, is warmly welcomed. On the contrary, residents of Tafilah and other parts of the country constantly asked the king to visit them. The economic results of the visit were very good," Adwan said.
    The pro-west monarch on Sunday pledged political and economic reforms in answer to street protests that swept the kingdom during the past few months.
    King Abdullah has faced pressures for reforms by Islamists, leftists and tribal figures to relinquish his extensive powers, which include his power to appoint cabinets and dissolve parliament.
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