By Hani Hazaimeh, Jordan Times

AMMAN – A majority of Jordanians support constitutional amendments, while 40 per cent oppose forming governments from a parliamentary majority, according to a recent opinion poll.

“A total of 71.4 per cent of the surveyed sample indicated that they support the country’s bid to amend the Constitution to correspond with the proposed elections law, while 13 per cent said they are against these changes,” according to the survey issued earlier this week by Al Quds Centre for Political Studies.

Conducted by the centre in June, the poll also revealed that 50 per cent of Jordanians support a mixed electoral system, and 75 per cent are in favour of annulling the virtual districts in the current Elections Law.

Covering a sample of 1,200 citizens from across the Kingdom, the survey highlighted the demographic and geographic particulars of the sample members, touching on the public’s response to the outcomes of the National Dialogue Committee in terms of the electoral law and constitutional changes.

“The vast majority of the local community had not heard of the National Dialogue Committee or of its outcomes; 54.5 per cent of the sample said they never heard of the committee and 32 per cent had no idea how it was formed,” the survey said. read more