Khaberni - At a time when the streets of the capital Amman have sunk for the second time during a rainy season that has not actually started yet, the municipality has come out with noisy celebrations boasting about its secretary's receipt of the “Best Mayor in the Arab World Award”. An award whose criteria, impartiality, and reasons for granting are unknown. While it is presented as a national achievement, the harsh reality on the ground reveals a shocking contradiction between the glorification rhetoric and the bitter truth that the citizen experiences every day.
Amman in its first test... a clear failure that needs no interpretation
The rainfall was normal, not exceptional, and did not constitute an emergency situation. Nevertheless, the streets were flooded, tunnels filled up, traffic was disrupted, and people's properties were damaged. This is not surprising, but it reiterates the eternal question: How can a city that claims to be developing and modernizing fail to handle seasonal rain?
The answer is not in the “strength of the rain”, but in the weak management, poor planning, and the absence of infrastructure designed to collapse at the first test.
The infrastructure of Amman… patching over ruins with no vision
The infrastructure of the capital is not just dilapidated; it is managed with a continuous patchwork methodology without a long-term plan. Projects are implemented and then canceled, sidewalks are constructed and then ripped out, streets are repaved twice a year while old neighborhoods are left to their fate. Millions of dinars are spent on projects from which the citizens only see chaos and poor execution.
This is not managing a city, but improvisational management that coats its decisions with slogans while the reality hides a significant structural defect.
Traffic violation cameras… from a regulatory tool to a revenue machine
Instead of investing in a respectable public transport network, or improving traffic engineering, or creating real solutions for the daily congestion experienced by the capital's residents, the municipality opted for the easiest approach:
Intensifying the use of traffic cameras in a way that can only be described as a steady source of income.
The citizen no longer feels that they are being governed wisely, but hunted. The focus has shifted from service to punishment, and from development to collection.
The current management… polished rhetoric and a deteriorating reality
The core issue is not the rain or the cameras, but a management style that prioritizes media promotion as an alternative to real work.
Instead of honestly informing the people about the problems, the scene is flooded with celebratory images, verbose statements, and awards that hold no value against the daily suffering of the citizens.
Effective management is measured by tangible results, not by awards given in protected halls far from reality.
Conclusion: Amman is larger than an official… and larger than an award
The beloved Jordanian capital is a city deserving of enlightened management, and officials who possess a vision not reduced to slogans or titles.
Today, the scene is clear:
A city that is weary, sinking, and suffocating… and an official celebrating an award that neither reflects its state nor respects the suffering of its people.
It is time to speak the truth without hesitation:
Amman needs radical reform, not ceremonial honors, nor a management content with polishing the image while services collapse under the first rain.
