Yesterday suddenly King Abdallah The second of Jordan announced his brother Hamza the kingdom's crown prince won't hold the title any more .A surprise was the resonse of the Jordanian Street and the Arabic street in General ,and the surprise increased when The young king announced the reasons
Main reasons the young prince wasn't free enough because of the responsiblities at the same time the title of Crown prince doesn't give him enough responbilities or enough freedom to do more active role in the society ,or something nearer from that
Contridiction is obvious ,I know one thing any memeber in any royal family or even minister family in any arab country has freedom then anyone else in the country
another Prince Hamza was chosen to be the crown price despite it is against the royal consititution in Jordan that states the crown prince will the oldest of the King's male sons ,Before Hamza ,there was Abdallah (the King Now), Faisal and Ali ,then he and another one I don't recall his name
Hamza was chosen by the wish and order of King Hussein late king of Jordan before he died by days and some rumors said by hours .(Hussein once said about Hamza ,he is the delight of my eyes)
why I am writting this ? well I am not convinced by Abdallah 's reasons , my middle eastern conspiracy theory mind says another thing and this thing was reinforced by the analysis of Al-Arabya news channel yesterday (the rival of Al-jazeera ,yet not strong like it) in indirect way , no can say the whole truth ,nothing but truth in Arab world
Ok Prince Hamza is just 24 years old ,works in Jordanian army ,he just finished his study in either the U.S or The U.K ,I don't remember and got married from his beautiful cousin princess I don't remember her name but I saw their wedding in the TV
Ok this seems like a fairy tale but let's stop in one point ,Hamza works in the army ,he is an officer ,a good one and according to his position in the Kingdom he made some improvements in it (Al-arabya statement ,nothing else ,nothing more added except from my sick conspiracy theory mind)
Jordanian Army is not strong as the Egyptian or the iserali or even the syrian Army or the saudi too
Yet gaining a good repituation in the army gives a high ranking officers a power among soliders and other officers popularity that could gives them a power to change things or reach things in other words they can overthrow the ruler ( any military based country has this rule ,you can see it in reality in Latin America or in the great war between Nasser of Egypt in 60s and his defence minister Amar , a war that its main results was the awful defeat of Six days war)
Some well say hey ,is he going to make a revolution and steal the throne from his brother? guys this is just a theory
well he is a half brother to the king anyway his own dad ,got rid from his own father and took the throne ,it runs in the family
and it is not a new thing in the royal families in the Arab World , Prince of Qatar is an excellent example.
Back to Jordan ,now according to the laws the crown price hasno political activity yet this isnot a holy law cannot be broken ,Prince Hassan ,the King's uncle and ex-crown prince ,had a great role in the political life of Jordan ,that till he left a gap no one can fill
Other interesting fact Prince Hamza is half american ,his mom is queen mother Nor (Lisa Halby) ,and he is beign respected so much by the western world
Why do I am thinking in this way ? well in Jordan especailly there were many attempts of Revolutions against royality , many attempts to kill the kIng whether El-Hussein or Abdallah ( just a two month baby)
why do I care ? Jordan lives next door to Egypt , I don't care what happens in south Africa