Jordan parliamentary elections

The current round of protests started after reports of the death of at least 9 people in a government hospital due to lack of oxygen on Saturday night

The election for the 130-member House of Representative is happening amidst unprecedented economic and health crisis in the country. The government had recently cracked down on the country’s largest teachers’ union.

The new prime minister, Bisher al-Khasawneh, will have the responsibility of tackling the rising economic hardships and the COVID-19 pandemic in the country