A member of the National Dialogue Committee, Osama Malkawi, stated that the committee will submit the final version of the election law next week after the final wording of the law is agreed upon.

He told "AmmanNet" that the new amendment to the law is the allocation of the number of House seats in proportion to the national level.

Taher Al-Masri, the Chairman of the Committee and Senate President, announced on Tuesday evening that among the Committee's recommendations were: adopting a mixed electoral system at the governorate and country level,  recommending the establishment of an independent national body for the elections,  and the adoption of the judicial authority to appeal the validity of prosecution in order to demand more transparency and integrity.

He added that all members of the Committee agreed on the general framework and recommendations of the law. The debate between them was in-depth and  concerned the nature and responsibility of the electoral system which will enhance the political reform process, led by King Abdullah II.

Secretary General  of the Jordan Communist Party and National Dialogue Committee member, Munir Hamarneh, stressed that the Committee's work focused on creating an electoral system that was more democratic than the 'one vote, one party' system which is responsible for the division of Jordanian society and the rise of tribal and regional factions.

Hamarneh told "AmmanNet" the National Independent Commission has been suggested to supervise the elections in order to ensure they are fair, transparent, and free from the interference of the executive branch. The Commission will consist of 13 members, including 7 from independent judicial bodies.

A dispute between Committee members ensued amid talk of a "veto" by certain party members in regards to the approval of a list of members, according to a previous member of the Committee Dr. Mohammed Abu Rumman. He returned to the Committee and welcomed the law after it was announced.

While the percentage of seats the new list of members will hold in Council has yet to be announced, the President of the Committee Taher Al-Masri has been assigned the task to determine this percentage. Sources from the Dialogue Committee said that the seats allocated to the list will be compensated through an increase of seats in the house of Representatives, which will reach 130 members.

Sources expect that the list will not exceed 12 percent.

A number of lawmakers opposed increasing the number of seats in the Council due to an inability to accommodate new members. Representative Abdallah Nassour said in a previous statement that an increase in the number of seats in the House of Representatives would require the establishment of a new building for the Council because of a lack of seats or offices for the new Congress.

He added that the Representatives suggest that an increase in the absence of partisan blocs in the Council will lead to a waste of time and disruption of work.

Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front Party Hamza Mansour said that the law that was agreed upon in the Dialogue Committee is positive because it would end the law of one vote, which has dictated elections since 1993. He described the previous law as "a national disaster both economically and socially," and told 'AmmanNet' that the new law is "less poor than the current law."

Mansour added that the law is a step in the right direction on the path of reform, a reform that is not intended to be associated with what nations experienced in the Arab Spring. He stated that an ideal system should be based on the specifics of the country and how accessible the House of Representatives is within the program.

The Islamic Action Front Party previously proposed to amend the election law so as to allocate 50 percent of the seats in the Council to the new election law members, relative to the national level, and 50 percent of the new election law members at the governorate level.

Mansour said the Dialogue Committee was in a real bind since the stalemate continues even after agreeing on a mixed electoral system both at the governorate and national level and based on the lack of agreement on the percentage of the national seats in the Council.

Mansour also criticized the law for the division of the governorates of Amman, Zarqa, and Irbid, believing that they disperse parliamentary seats.