Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: Unelected Nancy Pelosi of Arabia, A Potemkin Parliament of Bureaucrats…………

Arabia Deserta

Unelected Nancy Pelosi of Arabia, A Potemkin Parliament of Bureaucrats…………

“Members of the Interim Arab Parliament have elected a member of the Saudi Consultative Council (appointed by the king) Mr. A al-Shammari as Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament. This happened during the first session of 2010 which meets in Damascus. After being elected, Al-Shammari expressed hi deep appreciation for members of the Parliament for their trust. He exp;ained that after four years of its establishment has reached an advanced stage where it is a permanent parliament, and is looked ta as such by Arab leaders……..”

Are they serious? This man has been appointed by the King to an appointed advisory body, and he is elected deputy speaker. They have no elections in Saudi Arabia: not for king, not for parliament, not even for kindergarten student body president (they don’t encourage politics even at that age, fearing it may become a habit). They don’t have elections for anything, not even for official dog catcher or goat herder. But then again, he is as good as anyone else for the job: almost all members of the Interim Arab parliament are either appointed by their dictators and oligarchs or selected though rigged elections. With perhaps about three exceptions where they have nearly genuine elections, and the Arab leaders would like to correct that.
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