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Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra)-Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Monday toured the main operations room at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to check on preparations taken to hold the municipal elections on Tuesday.

During a meeting at the ministry with Minister of Municipal Affairs Walid Masri and senior official at the ministry, in the presence of Minister of Interior Hussein Majali and Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani, Ensour said municipal elections are an important event because it expresses Jordan's identity and the Jordanian state which has returned to effectiveness, efficiency, good management and transparency.

He also stressed that these elections will be absolutely fair, because it is required by the law, leadership and the interest of the country, noting that "the government doesn't have a party to support or oppose."The prime minister affirmed that this approach will be a constant way of life and fairness in elections will never stop.

"After the state did its part, the citizen must do his duty by casting his vote," Ensour said, pointing out that if elections are fair and the government doesn't interfere, then there is nothing to tempt anyone to refrain from voting or discourage him from performing this duty.

The prime minister said "there are several countries that pretend to be calling for democracy, while we in Jordan hold parliamentary elections and municipal elections in one year (2013)," asking "which country can hold these elections with courage, responsibility, security, peace, tranquility and fairness?" "This is a source of pride for all of us," He added.

"Search satellite channels and look what is occupying Arab peoples; either busy calling for democracy and elections or violence and destroying their capabilities, while we in Jordan are busy with democratic elections and ballot boxes," Ensour said.

"I am talking to the youths, opposition and supporters, intellectuals, people in the media, the educated, partisans, house wives and all good proactive social forces in this society; we are not pretending perfectness, but we are on the right bath," Ensour said, noting that this is a big day in the history of Jordan and if there are any deficiencies, we will fix it.