The government of Saudi Arabia is monarchial. The country ranks seven as the authoritarian regime among the 167 rated according to the Economists 2010 Democracy index. King Salman is Arabia’s monarch, who agreed to the throne on 23rd January 2015. There are no political parties or elections held in the country as it is not allowed. Any attempts to suppress this leadership so far have been rendered futile. This is regarding the 2007 and 2011 attempts in the gulf estate to raise political stunts. The state immediately arraigned those involved. However, history is about to repeat itself. A group of exiled Saudi Arabians has formed a party that seeks to overthrow the current country’s leadership.
The Saudi Arabia national assembly party
This party coincidentally came into existence just when the state was celebrating its anniversary to its kingdom’s founding. The group stated on Wednesday regarding the reasons behind the party’s establishment. Their primary goal is to bring forth a new form of leadership spearheaded by democracy as its core aim. They want to put an end to the monarchy.
According to the AFP news agency, the party is led by a prominent London-based human rights activist Yahya Assiri. A group of members helps him; Madawi al-Rasheed, an academic, Saeed bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi, a researcher, Abdullah Alaoudh in the US, and Omar Abdulaziz based in Canada. It is a bad time for the country to be dealing with opposition leaders amidst its struggle to salvage its economic status.
Reason for the formation of the opposition party
Assiri has been on finding a reason to overthrow the royal family’s leadership for some time now. In fact, he founded a London–based human rights organization, ALQST. Through this organization, he has kept tabs on the Arabian state regarding its abuse of power. He has cataloged all arrests by the state to female activists, academics, and royal families.
The party also added that there is a lot of violence and repression practiced by Saudi rulers. Increased assassinations and enforced policies against the regional states have also been accounted for by the group. People are disappearing carelessly and others being forced to flee the country.
All these factors drove the party to help fight for an independent judicial system. The party also hopes that through its resistant movement, the local media will be granted their freedom of speech and allow public opinion to take root.
The international view of Saudi Arabia state
The world also seems to agree with the oppressing state of leadership expressed by the royal family. In fact, its human rights record was unfulfilling to international criticism. Announcing the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman as the heir to the throne in June 2017 did not make things any better.
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