Topic: 2025-Preserving Free and Fair Elections
Country: Jordan
Delegate Name: Brooklyn Odoom
The country of Jordan advocates and believes in the preservation of free and fair elections in sustaining healthy democracies in other countries. Free and fair elections allows for voters to be fully aware of where their votes are going and fairly elected people to be elected without any corruption. Elections can be threatened by many different factors which wouldn’t allow them to be accessible by everyone or reflect the voices of everyone. A large factor that is threatening the ability to have free and fair elections would be criminal activities. The country of Jordan faces many issues of criminal activity within free and fair elections especially with corruption and the lack of accountability for those in power. There are laws put in place to combat the issues of corruption and to provide more transparency such as the implication of an Anti-Corruption Commission which strived for those values to be met.
Jordan’s history highlights the efforts of the country trying to maintain balance between power and address political challenges. Many policies were passed during the history of Jordan such as Block voting and Sing Non-Transferable Vote system which were not effective and resulted in continued political instability from 1956-2016. These policies were passed to suppress Islamist representation of the people which suppressed their freedom of speech. In 2016, the introduction of the Proportional Representation policy was passed and allowed for a more representative electoral system. This became a success among most of the electoral policies that were passed in the past because of the termination of boycotts. The latest reform to the electoral system of Jordan which allowed for a more diverse electorate system was the Mixed Electoral System policy. This policy increased voter confidence, and the turnout was 32.25%. Jordan’s policy shows the reformations that can happen to increase voter confidence in their government to further create free and fair elections.
Jordan advocates for a policy that will put in place Anti-Corruption Measures. Jordan as its own country has benefited greatly with the outcome of a more balanced government and political stance due to the Anti-Corruption Commision that was put into place to combat corruption in high power holding positions. To be able to fully represent the Anti-Corruption measures in various countries, Jordan would like to mention the need for transparency and accountability within the reformation process. The need for political stability and transparency is crucial to developing a more free and fair election within countries and allows for citizens to become aware and trusting of their government.
