Today, Jordanian geography is enveloped in a strange silence that transcends the usual logic of stability, becoming closer to a state of utter stillness that raises questions about the essence of the current phase; while "Saad the Slayer" enters with warm touches that defy the nature of February and break the laws of winter, we find a similar coldness in the official and parliamentary movement, as if everyone has implicitly agreed to silence, waiting to cross a regional storm over which we have no control.
This scene, which affects the joints of action from the stagnation of government rooms to the coolness of debate under the parliament dome, is not an absence of crises so much as a masterful management of time at the expense of managing solutions, a policy that indicates we are facing a strategy of bending to the storm that bets on time passing to overcome pressures, at a time that requires the courage of confrontation, not the virtue of passive waiting.
The region, anticipating with gloom the outcomes of an imminent clash between major powers and their allies, has imposed a silence on the decision-maker in Amman that could locally be interpreted as indolence, whereas it is fundamentally an attempt to maintain neutrality on shaking ground. However, when this silence prolongs, it transforms from a protective shield to what can be described as a condition of popular withdrawal and disinterest in public affairs.
The Jordanian citizen too, under the weight of long years of living pressure and rising costs of living and eroding purchasing power, has transformed from a politically engaged being to a self-absorbed entity managing its own affairs, as if there is an unwritten contract between the authority and society that silence is the price of survival, or that hope for change is postponed until further notice! While international financial institutions boast about deaf growth numbers, we find that these indicators fail to cross over into the field to transform into a tangible reality that alleviates the pressures of living in villages and provinces, where decisions to reduce the prices of oil derivatives are no longer able to bridge the deep gap between "the cost of staying" and the eroded purchasing power that has drained the psychological stability of the Jordanians.
We are facing an economy that consumes its energy in revolving around itself without producing real movement to relieve the citizen's anxiety about their livelihood, creating a state of anticipation that cannot be considered complete satisfaction but rather a "social fatigue" that prefers withdrawal over engagement with a government that seems to be going through a difficult phase of inability to take initiative or perhaps fear of the unknown coming in the region.
As for the level of the House of Representatives, which represents a supposed force for the people and the state, the calm under the dome cannot be separated from the rapidly evolving developments where we need a stronger council capable of genuine engagement with state issues, instead of this approach that tends towards sympathy with official stillness.
The official stillness and gloom, the reasons for which we certainly do not understand, remain more dangerous than declared noise, because noise is an act that can be dealt with. However, this stillness is an anticipation heavy with postponed questions that involve the future of the new city, the modernization of the political system, and the empowerment of youths who are now waiting for actions, not promises, and others.
Linking the royal vision that always calls for modernization and lift, with the executive machinery that appears in a state of "forced anticipation," imposes on us national frankness: Are we in a state of calm stability and confidence, or are we in a containment and postponement of crises? The answer to this question will determine our ability to safely transition, as Jordan today needs not someone who manages its time expertly, but someone who grants it the warmth of hope and the boldness of initiative to move out of the tedious revolving circle towards real growth prospects that preserve human dignity and state sovereignty.
