Industrialists elect representatives on Saturday

By Omar Obeidat

AMMAN –– Industrialists in Amman, Irbid and Zarqa will head to polls on Saturday to elect board members for the chambers of industry and the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI).

A total of 1,166 industrialists, among them 889 in Amman, 147 in Zarqa and 130 in Irbid, will elect nine board members for each chamber in the three cities as well as representatives of 10 industrial sectors, who will be members of JCI board of directors, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

For Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI), voters will be electing nine candidates from 33 contenders grouped in two blocs: Former JCI and ACI president Hatem Halawani heading the Watan Bloc and Yousef Jabri heading the Reform Bloc.

According to the law, JCI board of directors will be comprised of 19 members who will be the elected presidents of the three chambers, one representative from Irbid and another one from Zarqa, four members of ACI and a representative from each of the 10 industrial sectors.

According to the Industry and Trade Ministry regulations, elections will be postponed in case of lack of quorum in the chambers’ general assemblies which should be 50 per cent plus one.

The ministry’s spokesperson, Yanal Barmawi, told The Jordan Times yesterday that according to the law, elections should be held again within two weeks if the quorum was not met.

Barmawi said the initial results of Saturday elections will be announced late at night.

The 10 industrial sectors are the industries of textiles, food and agriculture, plastic, mining, pharmaceutical and medical supplies, chemicals and cosmetics, electronics and engineering, furniture, construction and stationery.

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