Jordan braces for major protest AMMAN, Jordan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Jordan braced for a major protest in Amman Friday that the Muslim Brotherhood said would demand real reforms, a day after King Abdullah dissolved Parliament. The "Friday to Rescue the Nation" march -- which the Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front political arm said would have more than 50,000 people -- would protest economic hardship and demand reforms that create a less centralized government and ensure more opposition seats in Parliament, the IAF said. It would also insist on the right to elect the prime minister, who is currently appointed by the king. An IAF representative told CNN protesters would gather outside King Hussein Mosque in downtown Amman after Friday noontime prayers and march to downtown's Palm Square, site of previous protests, some of which became violent. Organizers of the pro-monarchy Youth Coalition of Loyalty and Allegiance canceled their planned counter-demonstration, saying they wanted to avoid a confrontation. Abdullah, who became Jordan's king in 1999 after the death of his father, Hussein, has faced waves of unrest since January 2011. Government spokesman Samih al-Maitah told reporters the king's decision to dissolve Parliament and call early elections was part of his promised reforms. "This was not a surprise decision," al-Maitah said. Parliamentary elections will be held by early next year and be overseen by an independent commission, he added. The Parliament was elected almost two years ago. Eighty-nine members of Jordan's 120-seat Parliament signed a motion of no confidence against the government of Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh Sept. 2 over rising fuel prices and "because of recent appointments in top posts based on nepotism," the official Petra news agency reported. IAF Deputy General Secretary Nimer Assaf told CNN the Parliament dissolution had been "expected." But "as far as we are concerned, this is not the right step forward," he said. There should be democratic election law reform and "real" changes to Jordan's constitution, he said. Parliament should have the right to dissolve itself, and the prime minister should be elected by the public, he said. Abdullah promised in June 2011 the government would in the future be elected, not appointed. But his statement then did not specify any timetable for the change.