Duc_et_Pair
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Wow...this speaks volumes. Is Jordan under a dictatorship now? !?
It sounds like Prince Hamzah was forced to sign this sworn statement of allegiance . I wonder if his family or life was threatened. The empassioned person on the video would not so quickly sign such a document .
Jordan has always been a sort of dictatorship. The meaning of a dictatorship is: all powers in hands of one person or vested in a clique around said person. Of course the word brings connotations to a Kim Jong-Il, a Mu'ammar Khadaffi or a Joseph Stalin.
The original meaning is "he, who dictates" and it was a functionary appointed by the Senate of Rome to wield all power for a limited period. Julius Caesar and his adpted son (and nephew) Augustus were appointed dictators too, in the original meaning of the word.