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what a backward move!!!

Wimins know nowt!!

tony de wonderful

It's just votes for stupid municipal positions, and half of those positions are appointed by the state anyway.

A democracy is Saudi not.

warrenm2

Saudi Arabia steps boldly forward into the 1920s...

The Zohan

That was my thought exactly!

tony de wonderful

It's not even that, it's an illusion of progress. Saudis can only vote for in effect local councils which have what power exactly anyway? They can't vote for or against the house of Saud/Wahabbi cabal which runs the county, the opulent welfare system to 'royal family' members, the police-state, the oppression against shia. The whole thing is obscene.

JTaylor

Good move by The Kingdom; when you have relatively clever people like Warren making statements like that, you know it's successful propaganda.

warrenm2

dont get me wrong, I still think its a backward sandpit that without oil would still be in the dark ages and has a poisonous belief system. It was just an ironic cut and paste I picked up from elsewhere that I thought was mildly amusing rather than a statement of my position....

Leslie

At least it is a start...perhap's.

Les

markjmd

iTrader: (11)

Not entirely true. They're going to be able to stand for election in these positions, and vote in main elections. They're also going to be eligible for nomination to the Shura council, which although it only has advisory power, is in fact one of the most influential entities in Saudi politics.

All in all it's actually quite a big step forwards.

tony de wonderful

What do you mean 'main elections'? For the Shura council? A council with zero legislative power?

How do you define a 'step fwds' BTW? Saudi has the Koran as its constitution? Do you think this is inadequate?