Jordan's benign, stable authoritarianism
By Rami G. Khouri
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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It is hard to know what is significant about the Jordanian parliamentary elections that were held in Amman last month, given that pro-government deputies won 104 of the 110 seats in the elected lower house - a body that in any case is balanced, or complemented, by the upper house appointed by the king. The government's claim.
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