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AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- King Abdullah II of Jordan issued a proclamation Tuesday dissolving the country's Lower House of Parliament and ordering early elections, officials said.
The now-dissolved Lower House was elected Nov. 20, 2007, and approved some 132 laws in four sessions, but only approved 13 laws out of 29 listed on its agenda in the latest extraordinary session, which included income tax legislation, The Jordan Times reported.
The newspaper said the most recent session was adjourned even as deputies were still debating the income tax draft law, completing only 11 articles of the planned 70-article law.
"We, Abdullah II ben al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in line with Paragraph 3 of Article 34 of the Constitution, order the following: The Lower House shall be dissolved as of Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009," King Abdullah II said in the proclamation.
A second proclamation ordered early parliamentary elections, the Times said.
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