Anger, deprivation, and a lack of justice united residents of Karak, Tafeelah, and Maan to form a public movement that calls for changing the reality that the southern governorates fall victim to due to marginalization programs implemented by the government.

Activists are attributing the movement to the spread of poverty and unemployment that has led the residents of the southern governorate to lose their sense of justice, especially in light of rampant corruption and looting of state funds that is occurring.

The three governorates have been witnessing decreases in their development, a lack of operational projects, and the spread of poverty and unemployment and have broken their silence in light of the protests the kingdom is experiencing. They have united in a movement that has been mobilized through unified marches every Friday under the slogan, "from appeal to protest."

Tafeelah activist Ahmad Jarabaa describes the state of the governorate as a "tragic" and added, "Tafeelah residents are deprived of everything." He pointed out the lack of projects in the region that can provide work opportunities and explained that this has caused many to leave the area in order to find work elsewhere.

He added to AmmanNet that his governorate is not only forgotten in terms of services, but it is also absent from representation in office. The people of Tafeelah are not present in the public, political, and diplomatic posts, in his point of view.

The governorate expressed its rejection of governmental policies implemented in Tafeelah when a number of citizens banned Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit from entering the governorate during a visit he paid on May 16.

Jarabaa, who was arrested for objecting to Bakhit’s visit, said, "Tafeelah does not need a visit, it needs its rights."

The arrests that followed Bakhit's blockade triggered demands for appeal that moved to silent protests in the streets under the slogans, "fighting corruption," "accountability for our country's stolen funds," and "trial of Khalid Shaheen." The protests reached the point of demanding that the government be overthrown.

The loss of hope in Tafeelah extends to Amman where the movement is working under the same slogans as that of the governorate.

The other governorates of Karak and Maan have also aligned themselves with Tafeelah's movement and plan to form a coalition, according to Karak activist Moad Butoosh.

Butoosh told AmmanNet that residents of the south have lost hope in ever seeing the demands promised to them fulfilled, particularly since the government has not taken one step in the direction of progress. This is what has pushed citizens towards this movement.

He added, " governmental policies have turned the south into pockets of poverty and depression."

Butoosh said the the government must address the problems the policies have created in the region and quickly apply political, social, and economic reforms that fulfill the expectations of Jordanian societies.