Dr. Khaled Kalaldeh, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
of the Independent Electoral Commission, stressed the importance of the role
that youth play in political life in general and elections in particular,
calling at the same time, calling on youth to be tools of change for the
better. He also called for investing in technical development and the
communications revolution and the Internet politically, culturally, socially
and economically. . This came during the conclusion of the training program organized
by the Independent Election Commission in cooperation with the University of
Jordan.
Prof. Mohammad Al Katatsheh / University of Jordan also
commended the efforts made by the Independent Election Commission in training
university students and informing them about the procedures of the electoral
process in all its stages and the nature of the Commission's work between
electoral cycles.
The students participating in the program reviewed the
research study that was prepared by them under the title "Political
Participation according to the recommendations of the Royal Committee to
Modernize the Political System", which aimed to demonstrate the impact of
the recommendations of the Royal Committee on participation in the electoral
process, in addition to identifying the impact of the development of political
parties according to the recommendations Royal Committee.
The students also presented the obstacles facing women's
participation in political work, as well as the reasons for the weak political
participation of young people, and the success of the recommendations of the
Royal Committee to Modernize the Political System in modifying the behavior of
societal groups in political participation.
The study also targeted a sample of (622) male and female
students at the University of Jordan in its various faculties to study the
impact of the youth’s views on the political process and the outcomes of the
Royal Committee in terms of recommendations, in addition to measuring the
impact of the university environment on students’ political awareness.
At the end, certificates were distributed to the participating
students.