Saudi Arabia Is Changing Slowly
07 February 2016By Salman Aldosary
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has conveyed the
internal and external Saudi political road map in his speech at the
Consultative Council on Wednesday Dec.23 while stressing on the Saudi
political standards that are based on reason and wisdom. The King submitted a
working document for the legislative and executive powers; he proved that the
kingdom is internally changing according to a vision founded on fostering
national unity among citizens, and he accentuated the priority of the Saudi
citizens as they are the first goal of development.
In the past 11 months, Saudi Arabia has achieved remarkable reforms in many
sectors including internal and foreign political affairs, health, economy,
education, human rights, and others in addition to the upcoming radical
changes in the national turnover that will be announced soon. Whoever reviews
the records of these reforms will notice the positive changes made by the
Saudi system in its new era. Everyone agrees on the fact that the change for
the better has become one of Saudi Arabia's characteristics and the decisions
taken by King Salman aim at making the kingdom developed and modern according
to a policy based on delicate balance between modernization and preservation
of Islamic values. All this was reflected in King Salman's speech on the Saudi
woman and the country's interest in expanding her participation in the
development process since she proved her eligibility to engage in various
fields.
Despite the external influences, the unprecedented regional risks, the
international economic fluctuations, and the drop in oil prices, in his
speech, the king was keen on assuring the continuity of the development
process thanks to the balanced, effective Saudi economic policies adopted by
the country to preserve the general financial status.
Saudi Arabia has been able to overcome all possible negative economic impacts
and reduce their effects on its citizens as much as possible. Regardless of
any possible economic decisions taken by the programs to diversify income
resources and reduce reliance on oil, the kingdom will guarantee no reverse
effects on citizens with limited income.
Although King Salman stressed that the ''political solution'' is the only way
out from the Yemeni and the Syrian crises, and that Saudi Arabia has always
adopted peaceful strategies throughout history, Riyadh will still not wait the
fire to catch its borders. This is what gave rise to the Determination Storm
in Yemen, the Military Islamic Coalition fighting terrorism and armed groups,
and urged the kingdom to seek peace whenever possible without preventing it
from resorting to last option, military solutions.
In the midst of the change sought by Saudi Arabia, it is worth mentioning the
statement delivered by King Salman during which he undertook preventing any
interference in the Gulf's safety and stability and addressing sedition no
matter its sources.
With more power and progress, Saudi Arabia's enemies are doubling. But in the
end, only its citizens are capable of battling these endeavors no matter how
harsh, aggressive or vicious they get.
Salman Aldosary is the
editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.
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