AMMAN - The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) has announced the results of elections for its division councils, with six women out of nine who competed for the posts winning seats.
The polls were held on Wednesday and Friday last week, in the JEA’s Amman, Irbid, Karak, Zarqa and Aqaba branches, where 113 members competed for seats in the six seven-member division councils, according to an official JEA statement sent to The Jordan Times on Monday.
The divisions include architectural, mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical and mining engineers, JEA Vice President Abdullah Obeidat said, stressing that the polls went smoothly.
He noted that a total of 184 division members competed for 77 spots in the 500-member JEA general assembly, the association’s highest authority which approves policies and finances.
Council members will be eligible to compete for seats in the JEA council, according to the association's bylaws.
The JEA, the largest association in the Kingdom with more than 70,000 members, heads into elections, slated for early April, against the backdrop of the recent Israeli offensive in Gaza and difficult economic conditions, which are expected to dominate campaigns.
Campaigning has already become heated and the association’s Islamist-led leadership recently threatened to take rivals from the leftist camp to court for “slander”.
Both pro-Islamists and their leftist rivals have traded accusations in the media in recent weeks over internal issues and financial policies.
Similar elections are expected to take place in the coming few months for some 12 other professional associations.
-- The Jordan Times, By Mohammad Ben Hussein
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