Amman. .- At least sixteen members of the Committee for National Dialogue in Jordan, consisting of 53 political figures, today resigned their posts in protest against police repression of a political protest on Friday. "What happened was not a confrontation between the youth of March 24 and government supporters, but a systematic action of the authorities, who should be responsible for the slaughter," the politicians in a joint statement.
At least two people were killed Friday and about 120 wounded, according to an updated death toll today when police intervened in a clash between rival political groups in a central square of Amman, officials said. But opposition activists, who created the Youth movement Thursday March 24, said they were attacked by both the police and by supporters of the Government, which since Thursday night were harassing them with stones.
It was the most violent incidents since it began several weeks ago the political protests against the Jordanian Government, the heat of the riots in Tunisia and Egypt. Among the signatories of the resignation is the secretary general of the leftist Popular Unity Party, Said Thiab, and the general secretary of the Communist Party of Jordan, Munir Hamarneh.
The Committee for National Dialogue was established by the Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit on the 13th March to discuss the political demands that have emerged during the demonstrations in recent weeks. The protests seek push for constitutional reforms to limit the powers of the king, is dissolved the lower house of Parliament (the only elected by popular vote) and there are new parliamentary elections.
The main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), had refused to participate in this committee because his agenda did not include the constitutional reforms that are being asked. Among the 53 original members of the committee had moderate representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood and the IAF, but they never attend meetings.
Last night, Bakhit accused the Islamic groups to promote political protests and "receiving instructions from Egypt and Syria", and warned them to "stop playing with fire." 
At least two people were killed Friday and about 120 wounded, according to an updated death toll today when police intervened in a clash between rival political groups in a central square of Amman, officials said. But opposition activists, who created the Youth movement Thursday March 24, said they were attacked by both the police and by supporters of the Government, which since Thursday night were harassing them with stones.
It was the most violent incidents since it began several weeks ago the political protests against the Jordanian Government, the heat of the riots in Tunisia and Egypt. Among the signatories of the resignation is the secretary general of the leftist Popular Unity Party, Said Thiab, and the general secretary of the Communist Party of Jordan, Munir Hamarneh.
The Committee for National Dialogue was established by the Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit on the 13th March to discuss the political demands that have emerged during the demonstrations in recent weeks. The protests seek push for constitutional reforms to limit the powers of the king, is dissolved the lower house of Parliament (the only elected by popular vote) and there are new parliamentary elections.
The main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), had refused to participate in this committee because his agenda did not include the constitutional reforms that are being asked. Among the 53 original members of the committee had moderate representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood and the IAF, but they never attend meetings.
Last night, Bakhit accused the Islamic groups to promote political protests and "receiving instructions from Egypt and Syria", and warned them to "stop playing with fire."
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