The Prime Minister directed governors and administrative rulers to take all necessary measures to provide facilities to citizens and impose the rule of law against a few who practice exaggeration and speculation in the prices of commodities, during the month of Ramadan and at all times, stressing that the government works for the citizens, and citizen satisfaction must be the goal of every official. In turn, Interior Minister, Mazen Faraya, briefed the meeting on achievements that the ministry was able to achieve, such as implementing the tribal Jalwa document, facilitating for investors, developing visa services, residence, medical tourism, and electronic transformation services, stressing that the ministry was able to automate (51) electronic services that constitute the total services it provides, in addition to administrative restructuring projects in the ministry and governorates. The Prime Minister was also briefed on key projects that the Ministry is working on regarding managing and tabulating data according to the digital geographic address on electronic systems, and the central system for data of non-Jordanian residents. In addition, the Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Investment Council, stressing the importance of this meeting, which is held after endorsing the investment environment regulation law, which aims to enhance the investment environment and provides special tax incentives from the income tax at rates ranging from 30 to 100 per cent, depending on the investments and their places of residence. The Prime Minister / Chairman of the Investment Council confirmed that the government will take all administrative measures and legislative capabilities to enhance the investment environment, enable and enhance existing investments, and attract more domestic and foreign investments. Khasawneh underscored the importance of the Investment Council role in developing policies aimed at promoting investments and empowering the private sector. He said citizens pins a lot of hopes on the Council to achieve many of the central goals included in the economic modernization vision, the first of which is doubling economic growth and finding employment windows for about one million Jordanians over ten years, in addition to achieving the basic premise on which the vision was built, which is to attract domestic and foreign investments amounting to $41 billion over the lifetime of the vision.
Source: Jordan News Agency