Saudi Arabia doesn't need elections even though Syria does, ambassador claims

Saudi Arabia doesn't need elections even though Syria does, ambassador claims

Abdallah al-Mouallimi makes claims despite it being illegal to criticise the regime in the kingdom

• Pete Apps
• Saturday 26 March 2016
•  TELEGRAPH UKElections are unnecessary in Saudi Arabia because its people are happier with the current system of government “than almost any other country in the world”, the kingdom's UN ambassador has claimed.
  Abdallah al-Mouallimi was challenged as to why the Saudis were calling for elections in Syria, but only allow limited municipal elections in their own country, where it is illegal to call for a change of government or publish criticism of the state.

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