Al-Anbat – Sabaa Alraggad
Logic says that the country needs more openness today, after more than a
year of harmonizing the health and economic files as a result of the Corona
pandemic, as all sectors were negatively affected by the partial and total
closures that the Kingdom witnessed.
Perhaps the most and most beneficial is the tourism openness by trying
to attract groups from abroad to spend time in Jordan and visit tourist places,
or even encourage domestic tourism. To achieve this , it is necessary to
provide qualitative activities that people want , integrate with and apply for.
Amr Diab, who revived large
sectors in the Aqaba Governorate, which was suffering greatly due to weak
tourism and low numbers of visitors.
Many people criticized the government’s inconsistency in dealing with
this, from two sides, the first is that it did not observe the protocol
procedures for public safety on these occasions, as the squares were crowded
with attendees who did not commit to wearing the muzzle, while this was in front
of the government watching and hearing it. On the other hand, there is a contradiction in dealing with the issue of
public safety, as people are exposed to financial violations in the event of
not adhering to public safety procedures, as they see with their own eyes the
amount of unplanned mixing witnessed, for example, by the Jerash Festival and
Amr Diab's concert. Citizens reject this
contradiction in dealing with this matter.
However, there are those who see the necessity of such artistic and
cultural activities because of their financial returns that help the government
on the one hand, and citizens on the other hand, not to mention the operation
of sectors that have been severely affected, and unprecedented.
No one is against openness, and everyone is calling for it, and we have
seen countries that recently announced the end of all forms of restrictions
that were imposed, which means that the economy and its recovery is at the
fore, and this is what the government takes into account because it believes
that continuing restrictions and closures have become a danger to the economy,
and burdensome Jordanians .
But this does not mean that we
lose sight of the health aspect, as inaction in this matter may bring us back
to the starting point, as the high indicator or percentage of positive
infections pushes the government to decisions that it does not want to take. So who is responsible for ensuring that this
stage is not reached?.
Inevitably, there is a shared responsibility, as the government should
not be lenient in following public safety measures everywhere, specifically on
such occasions, because failure to achieve this will lead to a general
rejection of the muzzle and sterilization of hands, which will lead us to an
epidemic situation with ominous consequences.
On the other hand, people should
also realize that their participation in such events and in these numbers does
not exempt them from concern for their safety and the safety of attendance, and
realizing that the state is looking for financial income today to help it in
economic growth and speed up the recovery process, as citizens should not be an
obstacle in the face of that.
We are all with holding such parties, we support them and hope that
their numbers will increase significantly, but we are also all against what is
happening with it, as it is not difficult to ensure the implementation of
public safety measures in them, and this constitutes an incentive for the
citizen to abide by the fact that then he will have the conviction that there
is no contradiction in the government policy
in this regard, and the theory of "Hamad inherits, and Hamad does not
inherit" falls before them.
The Corona virus has not
disappeared, it is spread in all governorates, and there are no indications
that we will recover from this epidemic, so the responsibility is still shared
and falls on everyone, and the matter does not require much effort to ensure
harmonization between the economic and health sides. All that is required is for each party to do
its part in this matter.
