MP Khalil Attiya said Sunday that the fear among some of including the female noun for a Jordanian citizen to inheritance, parental and personal status issues in the courts is "incorrect and unjustified."

Attiya cited, during the parliament's session devoted to considering constitutional amendments, that Article 103 of the Constitution, which explains this matter in detail, indicates that the fear of equality between women and men in inheritance issues is incorrect.

He explained that the MPs did not hear any comment from members of the Islah bloc in the Royal Committee for the Modernization of the Political System.

However, MP Saleh Al-Armouti announced his refusal, on behalf of the Parliamentary Reform Bloc, to include the female noun for a Jordanian citizen to a chapter concerned with rights and duties within the Jordanian constitution.

Armouti said that the head of the legal committee confirms that it will not affect anything, and constitutional experts confirm that it will not make any difference.

He added, "As long as it will not make any change or difference, why should we add it?"

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Sunday, MP Abdul Karim Al-Dughmi apologized to the Jordanian people after the chaos that occurred in the last session held by the Parliament, which was interspersed with clashes between a number of MPs.

Dughmi said that what happened last Tuesday was “unfortunate.”

“We apologize to the Jordanian people for what happened,” he said

He also apologized to the MP Raed Al-Smairat, for the talk he addressed to him during the previous session, stressing that he is "a brother and a colleague.”
The House of Representatives will resume discussions of the draft amendment to the Jordanian Constitution for the year 2021 in two morning and evening sessions on Sunday.

Last week, clashes and verbal altercations erupted in a Parliament session during a debate on an amendment that included adding the female noun for a Jordanian citizen, to a chapter in the constitution guaranteeing equal rights of all citizens.

Following that, several MPs angrily disputed the amendment, saying it is "useless."