Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned on Monday after he was summoned by King Abdullah II over growing protests against his government’s austerity measures, a government source said. “Prime Minister Hani Mulki submitted his resignation to the king this afternoon during a meeting at the Husseiniyeh Palace and the king accepted the resignation,” the source told AFP. The premier’s meeting with the king came hours after around 5,000 people rallied outside Mulki’s office in Amman, on the fifth consecutive day of protests in Amman and other cities. And last week it announced a new price hike for electricity and fuel, before revoking it under orders from the king following protests. They were the latest measures in a series of economic reforms since Amman secured a $723-million three-year credit line from the IMF in 2016.

Source: Punch June 04, 2018 12:33 UTC