King of Jordan sends an angry letter to bin Salman
A Saudi source familiar with the matter revealed an angry message from Jordan to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over his role in the failed coup plot in Amman.
The source told Saudi Leaks that the Jordanian royal court sent a verbal message through intermediaries to the office of Mohammed bin Salman.
The source explained that the source’s content rejected bin Salman’s interference in the ongoing investigations into the failed coup plot in Jordan.
He added that the letter included confirmation of Oman’s rejection of bin Salman’s request to release his former adviser Bassem Awadallah, the most prominent suspect in the coup plot.
As a practical translation of the message, the Public Prosecution of State Security in Jordan released 16 detainees in the case of “destabilizing the security and stability of Jordan” that recently shook the kingdom. Two other main detainees, Awad Allah and Sharif Abdul Rahman Hassan bin Zaid, remained in detention.
The Jordanian News Agency (Petra) quoted the Attorney General of the State Security Court, Military Judge Brigadier Hazem Al Majali as saying, “Based on His Majesty King Abdullah II’s keenness on the interest of the homeland and the citizen, and what His Majesty pointed out that we are in the month of mercy and forgiveness, the release took place within the legal frameworks and standards.
He continued, “Concerning the defendants, Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Abdul Rahman Hassan bin Zaid, they were not released due to their different roles and the facts attributed to them, and the degree of incitement that differs from the rest of the defendants who were released.”
Awadallah also holds Saudi citizenship, and reports indicated that he is close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Sharif Hassan bin Zaid was previously the King’s envoy to Saudi Arabia.
On April 4, the government accused the former crown prince, Prince Hamzah (41 years), and other persons of involvement in “sinful plans” aimed at “destabilizing Jordan’s security and stability” and arrested about 20 people.
The release process came hours after many personalities from several governorates and clans appealed to King Abdullah during a meeting with him Thursday at Al-Husseiniya Palace in Amman to “forgive their sons who were led after this sedition,” revealed by a statement by the royal court.
On April 4, the government accused the former crown prince, Prince Hamzah (41 years), and other persons of involvement in “sinful plans” aimed at “destabilizing Jordan’s security and stability” and arrested about 20 people.
Prince Hassan, 74, is the brother of the late King Hussein of Jordan and the uncle of King Abdullah, and he held the position of Crown Prince for nearly 34 years.
King Abdullah named Prince Hamzah as crown prince in 1999 based on the wishes of his late father when his son Prince Hussein was five years old, but he removed him from the position in 2004 to name his son Hussein as crown prince in 2009.
On the seventh of this month, King Abdullah II confirmed a message broadcast on state television that “sedition has ended.”
He appeared with personalities, including Prince Hamzah, on the eleventh of this month at a celebration marking the centenary of Jordan’s founding.
