Jordan: Tribal groups win parliamentary vote, Muslim Brotherhood to protest

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday promised more street protests to demand electoral reform, after pro-government candidates coasted to victory in elections that the Islamist group boycotted as unfair.

State television said most of the 150 seats contested in Wednesday's vote were won by independents, candidates with limited political agendas who rely on family and tribal allegiances rather than party backing.

The growth of tribalism as a political force in Jordan has blunted the emergence of national parties and curbed the influence of the Brotherhood

"We won't deviate from our goals. We are moving ahead in our path. Popular street agitation will continue until we achieve our goals," the Brotherhood's deputy leader Zaki Bani Rusheid said.

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