Jordanians made it their “business” to respond to MP Atef Tarawneh, who told a Jordanian citizen during a parliamentary session on Monday: “it’s none of your business, citizen.”

Tarawneh had come to Finance Minister Omar Malhas’ defence, after the man screamed at him for announcing the parliament’s decision to lift the bread subsidy in the draft state budget of 2018.

Using the now-trending Twitter hashtag “it’s none of your business, citizen,” users have lashed out at Tarawneh with sarcastic and resentful tweets.

شغل المواطن الاردني ان يدفع غير هيك #مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن

— ابو العُرّيف (@svetimiro) November 26, 2017

"A Jordanian citizen's job is to pay money, other than that, 'it's none of your business, citizen."

#مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن
منذ متى يحق للمواطن التكلم ......

— Abdullah sarar (@0003Abed) November 28, 2017

“When did citizens ever have the right to speak out…..”

#مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن
وعند الانتخابات صوتك امانه
شغل كل مواطن إيقاظ مجلس يتم تمرير قرارات تمس المواطن وجيب المواطن
مش شغلك يا مواطن في سيارات هديه لكل نائب بعد الموازنه وشطب الدعم عن المواطن

— مراد ابراهيم (@ZKaIw2wza1EoZaJ) November 28, 2017

“When it comes to elections, they say you must vote.
It is every citizen’s job to hold their parliament accountable for the decisions it makes against the benefit of its citizens and their finances.
It’s none of your business, citizen, that MPs will receive cars as gifts after presenting the budget and cutting citizen support."

ما طول عمره المواطن ما اله دخل بإشي#مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن

— Sara muhmmed (@sara_momany) November 28, 2017

“It’s always been none of citizens’ business anyway.”

"الله لا يقيمنا" لو شاف كم الف شخص معترضين واقفين على باب المجلس ما بقول #مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن

— Aroub Soubh عروب صبح (@bataleh) November 27, 2017

“We deserve it. If the MP saw thousands of people protesting outside the parliament, he wouldn’t have said ‘it’s none of your business, citizen.’”

في دولة عمرها يقارب الـ 100 عام وفي نهاية العقد الثاني من القرن الواحد والعشرين.. ما زال المواطن محروم من التعليق على السياسات الحكومية المجحفة بحقه..
وذلك لأن السلطة التشريعية والرقابية متحالفة مع التنفيذية في صورة من "التشاركية والتعاون" ضد المواطنين..#مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن

— Hussein M Sarayrǝh (@HusseinSarayreh) November 27, 2017

“We live in a country that’s almost 100-years-old, and at the end of the 21st Century, and citizens are still not entitled to voice their political opinions.. That’s because the legislative and regulatory authority is allied against citizens.”

#مش_شغلك_يا_مواطن .. تختصر المشهد البرلماني والسياسي في الأردن.

— fakher daas (@fakherdaas) November 27, 2017

“The political and parliamentary scene in Jordan in a nutshell.”

Tarawneh said on Tuesday that the man in question had been promised aid by him, adding that he will fulfill that promise, according to Ammon News.