In order to ease the challenges and pressures of citizens .. Jordan is in the process of issuing a general amnesty law

Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered today the government to issue a draft amnesty law after a popular demand that has been circulating for years.

The king ordered the government "to issue a general amnesty law and walk through its constitutional stages, which will reduce the challenges and pressures facing citizens." According to a statement issued by the Royal Court.

"The importance of the general amnesty to respect the rule of law, so that there is no damage to national security and community, and the rights of citizens," noting the "need to give the wrong way to correct the course and behavior."

He pointed out that the amnesty law will establish "the concept of tolerance and amnesty when it is possible," stressing "the need to take into account the personal and civil rights of those affected, within the principles of the rule of law and justice."

The general amnesty passes through stages according to the Constitution so that the government draft a bill and submit it to the House of Representatives to approve it and then needs the approval of the Senate before being approved by the King.

"The release of the amnesty is a step in the right direction that will ease the burden and anger of the street, which has called for a general amnesty for years," MP Khalil Attiya said.

"There are more than 17,000 prisoners in prisons and tens of thousands of cases. The amnesty will reduce this number and make the street a lot more miserable."

Attiyah pointed out that "the general amnesty usually covers cases in which the general right is dropped and does not affect the rights of citizens, and it depends on a draft law set by the government."

It is not clear what the bill will include, but it does not include espionage, treason, terrorism, murder or drug trafficking.

The latest amnesty is due in 2011, which witnessed popular protests demanding political and economic reforms and fighting corruption in conjunction with the protest movement in the Arab world.

The general amnesty passes through stages according to the Constitution so that the government draft a bill and submit it to the House of Representatives to approve it and then needs the approval of the Senate before being approved by the King.