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The Prime Minister's tours and talk of the street!

There is no doubt that he is overcoming many obstacles by doing so, including critics who see no benefit in these tours, even though they have contributed to solving many problems and bottlenecks. In my opinion, it is the best way to see the reality of the situation and get closer to the citizen's problems, instead of relying on reports submitted by employees who hide many facts or seek to embellish the image.

Among the obstacles that Prime Minister Hassan faces in his tours is the time factor; he needs the day to be 48 hours long. But more importantly, like any citizen, he suffers from traffic jams, and he is undoubtedly thinking daily about finding solutions for them, including his interest in public transport, bypass roads, and other solutions.

On this occasion, I find myself compelled once again—I don't know for the how-many-eth time, perhaps the fourth—to write about street ethics. I mean here the behavior of drivers in their driving, stopping, and parking, as well as pedestrians and those standing on the side of the street wishing to cross to the other side.

This is a scene we do not want to get used to, nor do we want it to become part of our mornings and evenings. We do not want it to shape our behavior and the impression of us, and we do not like it to become a trait we carry and that carries us wherever we go. Visitors and those wishing to visit talk about it, so the first advice they receive before visiting Amman is: be careful; suffocating traffic, terrible driving, lack of respect, bad manners, high tension, and impatience...

We do not want people, Arabs and foreigners, to describe us with these traits, and we do not want our capital to bear this label, as a capital where people loathe driving, arm themselves with all anti-nervousness measures, and expect all forms of profanity, scowling, and excessive waving of hands and body.

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