A coalition of 11 environmental groups opposes the project, as do many local residents.
The coalition has also opposed the installation of video cameras in the city.
But a coalition of conservative parties, bureaucrats and business leaders opposes it.
This legislative coalition has opposed the emir's will on a number of issues.
But they also emphasized that a broad coalition of governments nonetheless opposed the move.
A coalition of public-interest organizations had opposed any increase, saying it would fall most heavily on the elderly and the poor.
A coalition of organizations opposed to the bill announced on 21 July that they had collected more than five thousand signatures throughout the country.
On the contrary, the vote was bipartisan, and the coalition opposing that provision included groups from all points of the political spectrum.
A coalition of religious leaders, farm groups and animal rights organizations strongly opposes such patenting.
On the right-wing, the liberal-conservative coalition united itself in the National Party, opposed to all changes within and outside of the political scene.